# unseat

> English word · Verb · IPA /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/ · frequency rank #47,993

## Definitions
1. To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
2. To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
3. To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
4. To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle.
5. To come off or out of a seat.

## Etymology
From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + seat (“to provide with a place to sit”).

## Easily confused with
- **upset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-upset)
- **unsee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-unsee)
- **unseen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-unseen)
- **upbeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unseat-vs-upbeat)
- **unmet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unmet-vs-unseat)
- **unrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unrest-vs-unseat)
- **unreal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unreal-vs-unseat)
- **undead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/undead-vs-unseat)
- **unread** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unread-vs-unseat)

## Common misspellings (8)
`nuseat`, `unesat`, `unnseat`, `unsaet`, `unseatt`, `unseta`, `unsseat`, `usneat`

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