seh
[sɛː˨˦]
"seh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seh” is uncommon English (frequency #62,494 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,494
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sɛː˨˦] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
seh is uncommon English at frequency #62,494 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sɛː˨˦]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.".
seh has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien or Teochew. Its exact origins are unclear, possible etymologies include: * Hokkien 逝 (sē, “to pass away”), which may have been used as a hyperbole to describe someone who has passed out. * Hokkien 垂垂 (sê-sê, “(literary) to droop, to hang low”).… The correct English form is seh, spelled S-E-H.
Definition
- 1Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
Etymology
From Hokkien or Teochew. Its exact origins are unclear, possible etymologies include: * Hokkien 逝 (sē, “to pass away”), which may have been used as a hyperbole to describe someone who has passed out. * Hokkien 垂垂 (sê-sê, “(literary) to droop, to hang low”). * Clipping of Taiwanese Hokkien 馬西／马西 (má-se, “tipsy”). This is unlikely, considering that it is not a term found in Singaporean Hokkien.
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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Using “seh”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-E-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.