seabird
/ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/
"seabird" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seabird” is uncommon English (frequency #61,099 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,099
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seabird · seabird · English
seabird · rank #61,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,099
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SDG
Nearest frequency peer: SDG (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “seabird”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- screentime
screentime
38,906 corpus weight
- scuttling
scuttling
38,904 corpus weight
- SDG
SDG
38,903 corpus weight
- seabird
seabird
38,902 corpus weight
- seidel
seidel
38,898 corpus weight
- SEIU
SEIU
38,897 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “seabird” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seabird |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seabird” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seabird is uncommon English at frequency #61,099 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.".
Zero misspellings are on record for seabird in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sea + bird. The correct English form is seabird, spelled S-E-A-B-I-R-D.
Definition
- 1Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
Etymology
From sea + bird.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).