seaport
noun
seaport is spelled S-E-A-P-O-R-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seaport means “A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seaport is seaports.
How many letters and syllables are in seaport?
| Letters | 7: S-E-A-P-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd 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 seaport?
Seaport appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 seaport?
Seaport 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).
What rhymes with seaport?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seaport.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: esparto.
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 seaport
- seaports plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seaport mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seaport in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense town or harbour for seagoing ships:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Seehafen, Hafenstadt, Binnenseehafen |
| Portuguese | porto marítimo |
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 seaport come from?
From sea + port.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).