seamster
/ˈsiːm.stə(ɹ)/noun
seamster is spelled S-E-A-M-S-T-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seamster means “A person who sews clothes professionally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seamster is seamsters.
How many letters and syllables are in seamster?
| Letters | 8: S-E-A-M-S-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is seamster?
Seamster appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce seamster?
- /ˈsiːm.stə(ɹ)/
Seamster has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-seamster.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with seamster?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seamster.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: masseter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of seamster
- seamsters plural
- sempster
- semster
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seamster mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who sews clothes professionally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seamster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who sews clothes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | couturier |
| German | Näher |
| Portuguese | costureiro, costureira |
| Spanish | costurero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does seamster come from?
From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam + -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).