seagoing
"seagoing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seagoing” is uncommon English (frequency #71,894 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,894
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travelling out to sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seagoing · seagoing · English
seagoing · rank #71,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,894
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scrutinise
Nearest frequency peer: scrutinise (-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 “seagoing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Schrödinger
Schrödinger
28,111 corpus weight
- scrutinise
scrutinise
28,108 corpus weight
- seagoing
seagoing
28,107 corpus weight
- Segel
Segel
28,105 corpus weight
- Seifert
Seifert
28,104 corpus weight
- Selleck
Selleck
28,102 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “seagoing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seagoing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seagoing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seagoing is uncommon English at frequency #71,894 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
seagoing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sea + going. The correct English form is seagoing, spelled S-E-A-G-O-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Travelling out to sea.
- 2Made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seagoing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a seagoing seal
"Lord! They don't call that a sea-going craft, I hope!'
Etymology
From sea + going.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).