Which to use
“seen” and “sez” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #281
- “seen” frequency rank
- #49,041
- “sez” frequency rank
- 49322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seen | sez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | past participle of see | Eye dialect spelling of says. |
Where the eye mixes seen and sez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. seen (/siːn/) and sez (/sɛz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seen is recorded at frequency rank #281, classified as averb, pronounced /siːn/. sez is at rank #49,041, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɛz/.
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 49322, this pair ranks #184,738 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seen vs sez
Shared letters: es. Private to "seen": n. Private to "sez": z.
"seen" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sez" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- seen ← esen · seenn · sene · sseen