seu

[ˈsew]

/[ˈsew]/ adj

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The verdict

“seu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,751) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,751
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-seu · seu · Spanish

seu · rank #35,751 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,751
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH seréis

Nearest frequency peer: seréis (-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 “seu”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “seu” 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).

seu vs su
67% similar
seu vs sí
33% similar
seu vs so
33% similar

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

Key facts for seu
PropertyValue
Headwordseu
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈsew]
Letters3
Frequency rank#35,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “seu”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.seucae 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 “seréis” (#35,750), “servidas” (#35,749), “separaba” (#35,748). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “seu” va en #35,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for seu is neighbouring look-alikes ("su", "sí", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈsew]. Frequency #35,751 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Su.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for seu, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "su", "sí", "so", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is seu, spelled S-E-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Su.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. É verdá que foi seu fillo.

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 "seu"?
"seu" is spelled S-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsew].
What does "seu" mean?
As an adjective, "seu" means: Su.
What words are commonly confused with "seu"?
"seu" is commonly confused with "su", "sí", "so". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seu" is [ˈsew]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seu" come from?
"seu" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ski#35,760Lía#35,600bud#35,913lay#35,585

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list