season
[ˈsiː.zn̩]
"season" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“season” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #315 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #315
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | season |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsiː.zn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “season” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for season is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiː.zn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #315 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for season, with forms such as "esason", "saeson", and "seaosn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seton", "sensor", "Sharon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, p… The correct English form is season, spelled S-E-A-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
- 2A period of the year when something particular happens.
- 3A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
- 4The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
- 5That which gives relish; seasoning.
- 6A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
- 7An extended, undefined period of time.
- 8A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
- 9The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
- 10A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
Etymology
From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”). Doublet of saison. Displaced native Middle English sele (“season”) (from Old English sǣl (“season, time, occasion”)), Middle English tide (“season, time of year”) (from Old English tīd (“time, period, yeartide, season”)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esason,saeson,seaosn,seasno,seasonn,seasson,sesaon,sseason
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of season - 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.
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 “season”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-A-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsiː.zn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “seton” - see the side-by-side comparison. season vs seton
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.