# seat

> English word · Noun · IPA /siːt/ · frequency rank #1,615

## Definitions
1. Something to be sat upon.
2. Something to be sat upon.
3. Something to be sat upon.
4. Something to be sat upon.
5. Something to be sat upon.
6. Something to be sat upon.
7. Something to be sat upon.
8. Something to be sat upon.
9. A location or site.
10. A location or site.
11. A location or site.
12. A location or site.
13. A location or site.
14. A location or site.
15. A location or site.
16. The starting point of a fire.
17. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

## Etymology
From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”).
Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”).
Cognates
* Middle Dutch gesaete
* Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)

## Easily confused with
- **see** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-see)
- **set** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-set)
- **sex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sex)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sit)
- **sec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sec)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sen)
- **SEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-seo)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-spa)
- **SEP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sep)
- **ser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-ser)
- **sew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sew)
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sha)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sta)
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-ses)
- **sem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sem)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sia)
- **SEQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-seq)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-ska)
- **Seb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-seb)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seat-vs-sma)

## Common misspellings (4)
`saet`, `seatt`, `seta`, `sseat`

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