Which to use
“seat” and “ses” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,615
- “seat” frequency rank
- #20,491
- “ses” frequency rank
- 22106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seat | ses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Something to be sat upon. | Alternative spelling of sess (sensimilla) |
Letter map: seat vs ses
Shared letters muted; letters that set seat and ses apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
seat and ses are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seat is recorded at frequency rank #1,615, classified as anoun, pronounced /siːt/. ses is at rank #20,491, tagged as anoun.
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 22106, this pair ranks #419,052 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seat vs ses
Shared letters: es. Private to "seat": at. Private to "ses": -.
"seat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "ses" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- seat ← saet · seatt · seta · sseat