# Sega

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈseɪ.ɡə/ · frequency rank #21,651

## Definitions
1. 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.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **SG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sg)
- **set** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-set)
- **sex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sex)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sen)
- **SEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-seo)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-spa)
- **SEP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sep)
- **ser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-ser)
- **sew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sew)
- **sha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sha)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sta)
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-ses)
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sig)
- **sem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sem)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sia)
- **SEQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-seq)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-ska)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sma)
- **sei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sei)
- **Sel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sega-vs-sel)

## Common misspellings (5)
`esga`, `seag`, `segga`, `sgea`, `ssega`

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