seamer
"seamer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seamer” is uncommon English (frequency #83,727 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,727
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who sews seams.
| 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) |
Where “seamer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
seamer is uncommon English at frequency #83,727 among 54,294 “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.
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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Using “seamer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-A-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.