# seek vs sem

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### seek
*verb · IPA /siːk/ · frequency rank #2,462*
To try to find; to look for; to search for.

### sem
*noun · IPA /sɛm/ · frequency rank #21,060*
Clipping of seminary.

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