seasvssmashWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: seas is a verb, smash is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seas” is a verb and “smash” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,050
“seas” frequency rank
#25,819
“smash” frequency rank
27869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seas smash
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de ser. Remate.

Where the eye mixes seas and smash

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
seas
5 ch
smash

Why the eye confuses seas with smash

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seas is [ˈseas] while smash is [esˈmaʃ]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27869, 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]. smash is at rank #25,819, tagged as anoun, pronounced [esˈmaʃ].

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 27869, this pair ranks #224,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seas vs smash

Shared letters: as. Private to "seas": e. Private to "smash": hm.

"seas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "smash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seasceas · saes · seass · sesa · sseas
  • smashmsash · samsh · smahs · smashh · smassh · smmash · smsah · ssmash

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seas" for "smash" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seas" is a verb and "smash" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "seas" or "smash" show up more?
"seas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,050 in our Spanish list, against #25,819 for "smash". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "seas" and "smash" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "smash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,760 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seas" and "smash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seas vs sous". 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 #224,760 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