seaworthy
/ˈsiːwɜːði/
"seaworthy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seaworthy” is uncommon English (frequency #62,493 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,493
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fit for service at sea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seaworthy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsiːwɜːði/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seaworthy” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
seaworthy is uncommon English at frequency #62,493 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsiːwɜːði/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fit for service at sea.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for seaworthy, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sea + -worthy. The correct English form is seaworthy, spelled S-E-A-W-O-R-T-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Fit for service at sea.
Etymology
From sea + -worthy.
Antonyms
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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 “seaworthy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-A-W-O-R-T-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.