seavssoezConfusable pair

Quick tell: sea is a verb, soez is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sea” is a verb and “soez” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#116
“sea” frequency rank
#46,818
“soez” frequency rank
46934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sea soez
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de ser. Dicho de una persona, de gusto vulgar o inferior, y hábitos incultos.

Where the eye mixes sea and soez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
sea
4 ch
soez

Visual trap between sea and soez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sea is [ˈsea] while soez is [soˈes]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sea is recorded at frequency rank #116, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsea]. soez is at rank #46,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced [soˈes].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46934, this pair ranks #122,911 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sea vs soez

Shared letters: es. Private to "sea": a. Private to "soez": oz.

"sea" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "soez" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soezosez · seoz · soezz · soze · ssoez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sea" and "soez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sea" is a verb and "soez" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sea" or "soez" show up more?
"sea" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #116 in our Spanish list, against #46,818 for "soez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #122,911 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sea" and "soez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soez vs stem". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #122,911 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list