# season

> English word · Noun · IPA [ˈsiː.zn̩] · frequency rank #315

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

## 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”)).

## Easily confused with
- **seton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-seton)
- **sensor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-sensor)
- **Sharon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-sharon)
- **sermon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-sermon)
- **sexton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-sexton)
- **Seaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-seaton)
- **session** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-session)
- **seasons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-seasons)
- **Swanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-swanson)
- **stepson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-stepson)
- **Stetson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-stetson)
- **seasonal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-seasonal)
- **seasoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-seasoned)
- **sean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sean-vs-season)
- **seas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seas-vs-season)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salon-vs-season)
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saxon-vs-season)
- **Samson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samson-vs-season)
- **seaman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seaman-vs-season)
- **seamen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seamen-vs-season)

## Common misspellings (8)
`esason`, `saeson`, `seaosn`, `seasno`, `seasonn`, `seasson`, `sesaon`, `sseason`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/season