# Seamus vs seems

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Seamus
*name · IPA /ˈʃeɪməs/ · frequency rank #28,011*
A male given name from Irish.

### seems
*verb · IPA /siːmz/ · frequency rank #578*
third-person singular simple present indicative of seem

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seamus-vs-seems