seem
/siːm/
The verdict
“seem” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,228 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,228
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parecer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-seem · seem · Spanish
seem · rank #86,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,228
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH scrabble
Nearest frequency peer: scrabble (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “seem”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- scrabble
scrabble
13,774 corpus weight
- seem
seem
13,773 corpus weight
- segmentada
segmentada
13,771 corpus weight
- segundón
segundón
13,770 corpus weight
- separemos
separemos
13,768 corpus weight
- Sesma
Sesma
13,766 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “seem” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seem |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /siːm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “seem” en español
Rare enough to double-check
seem is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,228 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /siːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
seem has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is seem, spelled S-E-E-M.
Definition
- 1Parecer.
- 2Aparentar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death
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.
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