# seems

> English word · Verb · IPA /siːmz/ · frequency rank #578

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of seem

## Easily confused with
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sms)
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-ses)
- **sem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sem)
- **seen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-seen)
- **sets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sets)
- **sees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sees)
- **semi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-semi)
- **stem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-stem)
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sums)
- **Sims** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sims)
- **sens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sens)
- **seer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-seer)
- **SNES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-snes)
- **seep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-seep)
- **Shem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-shem)
- **she's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-she-s)
- **steps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-steps)
- **sends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sends)
- **sells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sells)
- **specs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-specs)

## Common misspellings (7)
`esems`, `seemms`, `seemss`, `seesm`, `semes`, `sems`, `sseems`

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