seared

adj

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"seared" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“seared” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,840
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - blackened by heat; scorched; burned

Corpus desk

Index EN-seared · seared · English

seared · rank #33,840 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,840
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sculpting

Nearest frequency peer: sculpting (-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 “seared”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “seared” 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).

seared vs seed
67% similar
seared vs share
67% similar
seared vs spare
67% similar

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

Key facts for seared
PropertyValue
Headwordseared
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,840
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “seared”

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).searedlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “sculpting” (#33,839), “Shakespearean” (#33,842), “screech” (#33,837). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “seared” is #33,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around seared, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,840 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for seared, with forms such as "esared", "saered", and "seaerd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seed", "share", "spare", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is seared, spelled S-E-A-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    blackened by heat; scorched; burned
  2. 2
    having the surface cooked and crispened (particularly by cooking on a grill or pan)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I’m getting more of a seared bite on the Impossible Whopper than I’m getting on the actual Whopper.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esared
  • saered
  • seaerd
  • searde
  • searedd
  • searred
  • seraed
  • sseared

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seared - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esared2saered2seaerd2searde2searedd1searred1seraed2sseared1
Edit distance from "seared"

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 "seared"?
"seared" is spelled S-E-A-R-E-D.
What does "seared" mean?
As an adjective, "seared" means: blackened by heat; scorched; burned
What words are commonly confused with "seared"?
"seared" is commonly confused with "seed", "share", "spare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "seared" come from?
"seared" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shaven#33,843shrill#33,847salami#33,832ruckus#33,828

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

soulless8 variantsstork8 variantsReiner8 variantsPortia8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list