# sedan

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˈdæn/ · frequency rank #14,015

## Definitions
1. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
2. An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.

## Etymology
The sense of "windowed chair" was first used by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634, possibly from a southern Italian dialect of Italian sede (“seat”), from Latin sedes. The "motorcar" sense was first recorded in 1912 in North America.

## Easily confused with
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sen)
- **seen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-seen)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-span)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-stan)
- **soda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-soda)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-swan)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-shan)
- **Sega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sega)
- **sewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sewn)
- **Sera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sera)
- **sian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sian)
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-seven)
- **Susan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-susan)
- **Sudan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sudan)
- **Sloan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sloan)
- **semen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-semen)
- **Segal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-segal)
- **seton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-seton)
- **Sweden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-sweden)
- **Stefan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sedan-vs-stefan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`esdan`, `sdean`, `seadn`, `sedann`, `seddan`, `sedna`, `ssedan`

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