sema
noun
sema is spelled S-E-M-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sema means “Alternative form of sama (“Sufi ritual”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sema?
| Letters | 4: S-E-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sema?
Sema appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sema?
Sema has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with sema
Also written: sama.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sema?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sema.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: same, mesa, seam, mase.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does sema mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of sama (“Sufi ritual”).
noun
- 1
A member of a Sümi-speaking Naga people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sema come from?
From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).