# seems vs semis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### semis
*noun · IPA /ˈsɛmiːz/ · frequency rank #26,958*
plural of semi

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