Which to use
“seared” is an adjective and “seated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,840
- “seared” frequency rank
- #8,483
- “seated” frequency rank
- 42323
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seared | seated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | blackened by heat; scorched; burned | simple past and past participle of seat |
Letter map: seared vs seated
Shared letters muted; letters that set seared and seated apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for seared / seated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seared is anadjective and seatedaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “seared” becomes t in “seated”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seared is recorded at frequency rank #33,840, classified as anadj. seated is at rank #8,483, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsiːtɪd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42323, this pair ranks #250,277 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seared vs seated
Shared letters: ades. Private to "seared": r. Private to "seated": t.
"seared" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "seated" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seared" and "seated" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "seared" vs "seated" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "seared" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,277 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seared" and "seated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Seager vs seared". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #250,277 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.