seamer
"seamer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seamer” is uncommon English (frequency #83,727 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,727
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who sews seams.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seamer · seamer · English
seamer · rank #83,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,727
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH screamo
Nearest frequency peer: screamo (-2 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 “seamer”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
16,280 corpus weight
- screamo
screamo
16,276 corpus weight
- seamer
seamer
16,274 corpus weight
- seductress
seductress
16,272 corpus weight
- sefer
sefer
16,271 corpus weight
- Sehgal
Sehgal
16,270 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “seamer” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seamer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seamer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seamer is uncommon English at frequency #83,727 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
seamer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er. The correct English form is seamer, spelled S-E-A-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who sews seams.
- 2Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
- 3A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seamer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.
Etymology
From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.
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 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).