seasvsshe'sTell them apart

Quick tell: seas is a verb, she's is a contraction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seas” is a verb and “she's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,050
“seas” frequency rank
#43,857
“she's” frequency rank
45907
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seas she's
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de ser. Contracción de she is, ella es o ella esta.

Where the eye mixes seas and she's

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. seas (CVVC) and she's (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
seas
5 ch
she's

Look-alike desk: seas vs she's

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seas is [ˈseas] while she's is /ʃiz/. 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 contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seas is recorded at frequency rank #2,050, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈseas]. she's is at rank #43,857, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ʃiz/.

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 45907, this pair ranks #128,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seas vs she's

Shared letters: es. Private to "seas": a. Private to "she's": h.

"seas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seas ← ceas · saes · seass · sesa · sseas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "seas" and "she's" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seas" is a verb and "she's" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "seas" or "she's" show up more?
"seas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,050 in our Spanish list, against #43,857 for "she's". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "seas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "she's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seas" and "she's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ses vs she's". 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 #128,783 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