season

[ˈsiː.zn̩]

/[ˈsiː.zn̩]/ noun

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

The verdict

“season” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#315
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

Corpus desk

Index EN-season · season · English

season · rank #315 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #315
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH open

Nearest frequency peer: open (-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 “season”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “season” 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).

season vs seton
67% similar
season vs sensor
67% similar
season vs Sharon
50% similar

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

Key facts for season
PropertyValue
Headwordseason
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiː.zn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#315
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “season”

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).seasonlands 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 “open” (#314), “shit” (#316), “country” (#313). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “season” is #315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around season (IPA [ˈsiː.zn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #315 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
  2. 2
    A period of the year when something particular happens.
  3. 3
    A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
  4. 4
    The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  5. 5
    That which gives relish; seasoning.
  6. 6
    A 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.
  7. 7
    An extended, undefined period of time.
  8. 8
    A period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular emotion of situation.
  9. 9
    The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
  10. 10
    A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection
  2. We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone.

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

estación(Español)saison(Français)Jahreszeit(Deutsch)estação(Português)

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.

esason2saeson2seaosn2seasno2seasonn1seasson1sesaon2sseason1
Edit distance from "season"

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 "season"?
"season" is spelled S-E-A-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiː.zn̩].
What does "season" mean?
As a noun, "season" means: Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
What words are commonly confused with "season"?
"season" is commonly confused with "seton", "sensor", "Sharon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "season"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "season" is [ˈsiː.zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "season"?
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- (... 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 "season", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

thank8 variantsparty8 variantsblack8 variantsstory8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list