Seymour
/ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/
"seymour" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Seymour” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,058
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seymour · Seymour · English
Seymour · rank #13,058 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,058
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH segregation
Nearest frequency peer: segregation (-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 “Seymour”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sarcastic
sarcastic
86,946 corpus weight
- scholarly
scholarly
86,945 corpus weight
- segregation
segregation
86,944 corpus weight
- Seymour
Seymour
86,943 corpus weight
- shaken
shaken
86,942 corpus weight
- Sheikh
Sheikh
86,941 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Seymour” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seymour |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seymour” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Seymour (IPA /ˈsiːmɔː(ɹ)/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,058 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seymour, with forms such as "esymour", "semyour", and "seymmour". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice. The correct English form is Seymour, spelled S-E-Y-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3A city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
- 4An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Blount County and Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
- 5A city, the county seat of Baylor County, Texas, United States.
- 6A township north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- 7A locality in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Etymology
From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esymour
- semyour
- seymmour
- seymoru
- seymourr
- seymuor
- seyomur
- seyymour
- sseymour
- syemour
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seymour - 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 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,058 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.