# siege

> English word · Noun · IPA /siːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #7,977

## Definitions
1. Military action.
2. Military action.
3. Military action.
4. A seat.
5. A seat.
6. A seat.
7. A seat.
8. A seat.
9. A seat.
10. A seat.
11. A seat.
12. A seat.
13. A seat.
14. A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

## Etymology
From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

## Easily confused with
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sig)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-site)
- **size** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-size)
- **sign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sign)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sing)
- **sigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sigh)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sire)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sine)
- **since** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-since)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-stage)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-steve)
- **Singh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-singh)
- **sings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sings)
- **surge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-surge)
- **suede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-suede)
- **swede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-swede)
- **sieve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-sieve)
- **Siena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-siena)
- **single** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-single)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siege-vs-singer)

## Common misspellings (6)
`isege`, `seige`, `sieeg`, `siegge`, `sigee`, `ssiege`

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