Sega
/ˈseɪ.ɡə/
"sega" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sega” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,651
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sega · Sega · English
Sega · rank #21,651 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,651
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH seductive
Nearest frequency peer: seductive (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Sega”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- scrambling
scrambling
78,353 corpus weight
- Scully
Scully
78,352 corpus weight
- seductive
seductive
78,351 corpus weight
- Sega
Sega
78,350 corpus weight
- segmentation
segmentation
78,349 corpus weight
- Sergey
Sergey
78,348 corpus weight
What this shows “Sega” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sega |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪ.ɡə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sega”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Sega (IPA /ˈseɪ.ɡə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,651 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sega, with forms such as "esga", "seag", and "segga". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SG", "set", "sex", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega), an abbreviation of service games, because the company's earliest products were aimed at American servicemen on military bases. The correct English form is Sega, spelled S-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sega appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I would lay in bed for a few hours playing games on my Sega, getting totally absorbed in it as though it were all real and then I would sleep for the rest of the day.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega), an abbreviation of service games, because the company's earliest products were aimed at American servicemen on military bases.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esga
- seag
- segga
- sgea
- ssega
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sega - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).