# seem vs sleet

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### seem
*verb · IPA /siːm/ · frequency rank #883*
To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

### sleet
*noun · IPA /sliːt/ · frequency rank #35,939*
Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

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