seductress
/sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/
"seductress" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seductress” is uncommon English (frequency #83,729 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,729
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seductress · seductress · English
seductress · rank #83,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,729
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sefer
Nearest frequency peer: sefer (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “seductress”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- screamo
screamo
16,276 corpus weight
- seamer
seamer
16,274 corpus weight
- seductress
seductress
16,272 corpus weight
- sefer
sefer
16,271 corpus weight
- Sehgal
Sehgal
16,270 corpus weight
- senhor
senhor
16,266 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “seductress” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seductress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seductress” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seductress is uncommon English at frequency #83,729 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for seductress in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From seductor + -ess. The correct English form is seductress, spelled S-E-D-U-C-T-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
- 2A woman who seduces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seductress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.
Even though she didn't think of herself as a seductress, her effect on men showed she was one.
Etymology
From seductor + -ess.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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