Seth
/sɛθ/
"seth" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Seth” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,090
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The third son of Adam and Eve.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seth · Seth · English
Seth · rank #8,090 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,090
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sensor
Nearest frequency peer: sensor (-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 “Seth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sculpture
sculpture
91,914 corpus weight
- senses
senses
91,913 corpus weight
- sensor
sensor
91,912 corpus weight
- Seth
Seth
91,911 corpus weight
- Sharon
Sharon
91,910 corpus weight
- showcase
showcase
91,909 corpus weight
What this shows “Seth” 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 | Seth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sɛθ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Seth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Seth (IPA /sɛθ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,090 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 Seth, with forms such as "esth", "seht", and "sethh". 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, "sh", "sex", "sit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”). The correct English form is Seth, spelled S-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1The third son of Adam and Eve.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George).
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esth
- seht
- sethh
- setth
- sseth
- steh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Seth", 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).