seba
"seba" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seba” is uncommon English (frequency #96,461 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,461
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of sebum
Corpus desk
Index EN-seba · seba · English
seba · rank #96,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,461
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH sele
Nearest frequency peer: sele (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “seba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- scrutinising
scrutinising
3,545 corpus weight
- scupper
scupper
3,543 corpus weight
- seba
seba
3,540 corpus weight
- sele
sele
3,539 corpus weight
- sellable
sellable
3,538 corpus weight
- semtex
semtex
3,537 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “seba” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
seba is uncommon English at frequency #96,461 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of sebum".
No generated misspelling entries exist for seba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin sēba, plural of sēbum. The correct English form is seba, spelled S-E-B-A.
Definition
- 1plural of sebum
Etymology
From Latin sēba, plural of sēbum.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.