seal

/siːl/

//siːl// noun

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The verdict

“seal” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,852) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#37,852
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sello.

Corpus desk

Index ES-seal · seal · Spanish

seal · rank #37,852 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,852
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH seen

Nearest frequency peer: seen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “seal”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “seal” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

seal vs SL
0% similar
seal vs ser
50% similar
seal vs sol
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for seal
PropertyValue
Headwordseal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/siːl/
Letters4
Frequency rank#37,852
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “seal”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sealcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “seen” (#37,853), “saturados” (#37,849), “semillero” (#37,856). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “seal” va en #37,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for seal is neighbouring look-alikes ("SL", "ser", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /siːl/. Frequency #37,852 among 4,169 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for seal, with forms such as "esal", "seall", and "sseal". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SL", "ser", "sol", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is seal, spelled S-E-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sello.
  2. 2
    Foca.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how seal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esal
  • seall
  • sseal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seal - 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.

esal2seall1sseal1
Edit distance from "seal"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seal"?
"seal" is spelled S-E-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /siːl/.
What does "seal" mean?
As a noun, "seal" means: Sello.
What words are commonly confused with "seal"?
"seal" is commonly confused with "SL", "ser", "sol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seal" is /siːl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seal" come from?
"seal" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seen#37,853sons#37,863riel#37,840rate#37,820

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list