# Seville

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈvɪl/ · frequency rank #22,808

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
2. A province of Andalusia, Spain.
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
9. A surname.

## Etymology
From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”).

## Easily confused with
- **senile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senile-vs-seville)

## Common misspellings (8)
`esville`, `seivlle`, `sevile`, `sevilel`, `sevlile`, `sevville`, `sseville`, `sveille`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/seville