Sebastian
/səˈbæst͡ʃən/
"sebastian" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sebastian” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,345
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sebastian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /səˈbæst͡ʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sebastian” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Sebastian (IPA /səˈbæst͡ʃən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,345 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sebastian, with forms such as "esbastian", "sbeastian", and "seabstian". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus. The correct English form is Sebastian, spelled S-E-B-A-S-T-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
- 2A town in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Loddon, central Victoria, Australia
Etymology
From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esbastian
- sbeastian
- seabstian
- sebasitan
- sebasstian
- sebastain
- sebastiann
- sebastina
- sebasttian
- sebatsian
- sebbastian
- sebsatian
- ssebastian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sebastian - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Sebastian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-B-A-S-T-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /səˈbæst͡ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.