semis
/ˈsɛmiːz/
"semis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“semis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,958
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of semi
Corpus desk
Index EN-semis · semis · English
semis · rank #26,958 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,958
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scrappy
Nearest frequency peer: scrappy (-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 “semis”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- saucer
saucer
73,046 corpus weight
- scrapping
scrapping
73,045 corpus weight
- scrappy
scrappy
73,044 corpus weight
- semis
semis
73,043 corpus weight
- serpentine
serpentine
73,042 corpus weight
- shuffling
shuffling
73,040 corpus weight
What this shows “semis” 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 | semis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛmiːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #26,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “semis”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around semis (IPA /ˈsɛmiːz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,958 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of semi".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for semis, with forms such as "esmis", "seims", and "semiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SMS", "sis", "ses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is semis, spelled S-E-M-I-S.
Definition
- 1plural of semi
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esmis
- seims
- semiss
- semmis
- semsi
- smeis
- ssemis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semis - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "semis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).