seme
/ˈsiːm/noun
seme is spelled S-E-M-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seme means “Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seme is semes or semata.
How many letters and syllables are in seme?
| Letters | 4: S-E-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 seme?
Seme appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd 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 seme?
- /ˈsiːm/
- [ˈsɪi̯m]
Seme has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Nattes_à_chat-seem.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with seme
Sounds like: seam, seem (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with seme?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as seme.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: seem, mese.
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).
Forms of seme
- semes plural
- semata plural
- semy
- semee
- semée
- seméed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seme mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
- 2
slangAn active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
adjective
- 1
Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does seme come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).