seder
/ˈseɪdə/
"seder" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seder” is uncommon English (frequency #50,215 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,215
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seder · seder · English
seder · rank #50,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,215
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH screensaver
Nearest frequency peer: screensaver (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “seder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Satanism
Satanism
49,790 corpus weight
- Schell
Schell
49,789 corpus weight
- screensaver
screensaver
49,788 corpus weight
- seder
seder
49,786 corpus weight
- selectable
selectable
49,784 corpus weight
- Selig
Selig
49,783 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “seder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪdə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seder is uncommon English at frequency #50,215 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈseɪdə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for seder, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew סדר (seder, “order”). The correct English form is seder, spelled S-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.
- 2The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.
- 3One of the 6 parts into which the Mishnah is divided.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the same day, the State of Israel celebrated its first Passover seder and the United Nations, still meeting in those days at Flushing Meadow in Queens, voted to consider the Jewish state's application for membership.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew סדר (seder, “order”).
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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