seaport

noun

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"seaport" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“seaport” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,583. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,583
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

Corpus desk

Index EN-seaport · seaport · English

seaport · rank #32,583 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,583
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH scissor

Nearest frequency peer: scissor (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “seaport”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “seaport” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

seaport vs sport
71% similar
seaport vs support
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for seaport
PropertyValue
Headwordseaport
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,583
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “seaport”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).seaportlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “scissor” (#32,582), “sellout” (#32,584), “scat” (#32,581). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “seaport” is #32,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around seaport, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,583 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for seaport, with forms such as "esaport", "saeport", and "seaoprt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sport", "support", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sea + port. The correct English form is seaport, spelled S-E-A-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how seaport appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.

Etymology

From sea + port.

This word in other languages

Seehafen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esaport
  • saeport
  • seaoprt
  • seaporrt
  • seaportt
  • seapotr
  • seapport
  • seaprot
  • sepaort
  • sseaport

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seaport - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esaport2saeport2seaoprt2seaporrt1seaportt1seapotr2seapport1seaprot2
Edit distance from "seaport"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seaport"?
"seaport" is spelled S-E-A-P-O-R-T.
What does "seaport" mean?
As a noun, "seaport" means: A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.
What words are commonly confused with "seaport"?
"seaport" is commonly confused with "sport", "support". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "seaport"?
From sea + port. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seaport", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scissor#32,582sellout#32,584setlist#32,587Salomon#32,577

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Salinas10 variantsrudeness10 variantsskilful10 variantsreplete10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list