sept
/sɛpt/
"sept" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sept” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,981
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sept · sept · English
sept · rank #3,981 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,981
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH screaming
Nearest frequency peer: screaming (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sept”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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risks
96,023 corpus weight
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rob
96,022 corpus weight
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screaming
96,021 corpus weight
- sept
sept
96,020 corpus weight
- sequence
sequence
96,019 corpus weight
- Singapore
Singapore
96,018 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sept” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | sept |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɛpt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sept” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sept (IPA /sɛpt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,981 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sept, with forms such as "espt", "seppt", and "septt". 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, "SP", "set", "sex", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”). The correct English form is sept, spelled S-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
- 2An enclosure; a railing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sept appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.
Never need you fear for a single thane of your sept or nation, young warriors or old.
Etymology
A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- espt
- seppt
- septt
- setp
- spet
- ssept
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sept - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sept", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "sept" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SP". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,981 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.