seaweed
/ˈsiːwiːd/
"seaweed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seaweed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,922
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seaweed · seaweed · English
seaweed · rank #21,922 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,922
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH seduction
Nearest frequency peer: seduction (+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 “seaweed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Saigon
Saigon
78,082 corpus weight
- Santana
Santana
78,081 corpus weight
- seaweed
seaweed
78,079 corpus weight
- seduction
seduction
78,078 corpus weight
- selfishness
selfishness
78,077 corpus weight
- serge
serge
78,076 corpus weight
What this shows “seaweed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | seaweed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːwiːd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “seaweed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around seaweed (IPA /ˈsiːwiːd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,922 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for seaweed, with forms such as "esaweed", "saeweed", and "seaewed". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sewed", "sawed", "sealed", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sea + weed. The correct English form is seaweed, spelled S-E-A-W-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.
- 2Any of various fresh water plants and algae.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seaweed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
Etymology
From sea + weed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esaweed
- saeweed
- seaewed
- seawed
- seawede
- seaweedd
- seawweed
- sewaeed
- sseaweed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seaweed - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seaweed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).