semer

\sə.me\

/\sə.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“semer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,864
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répandre de la graine ou du grain sur une terre préparée, afin de les faire produire et multiplier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-semer · semer · French

semer · rank #12,864 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,864
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scie

Nearest frequency peer: scie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « semer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « semer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

semer vs ser
60% similar
semer vs sexe
60% similar
semer vs some
60% similar

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

Key facts for semer
PropertyValue
Headwordsemer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə.me\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,864
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.semerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « scie » (#12,863), « serviettes » (#12,865), « savants » (#12,862). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semer » est au #12,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around semer (IPA \sə.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,864 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for semer, with forms such as "esmer", "seemr", and "semerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ser", "sexe", "some", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is semer, spelled S-E-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Répandre de la graine ou du grain sur une terre préparée, afin de les faire produire et multiplier.
  2. 2
    Ensemencer.
  3. 3
    Répandre, jeter çà et là, disséminer.
  4. 4
    Parsemer, couvrir çà et là avec des choses que l’on répand.
  5. 5
    Répandre.
  6. 6
    Distribuer à tout va pour séduire, pour corrompre.
  7. 7
    Laisser loin derrière soi, se débarrasser, en parlant de quelqu'un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si la racine de disette étoit une betterave, les cultivateurs sémeroient-ils si distinctement l'une & l'autre ?
  2. C’est semé et désherbé avec le robot.

This word in other languages

sow(English)sembrar(Español)säen(Deutsch)plantar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmer
  • seemr
  • semerr
  • semmer
  • semre
  • smeer
  • ssemer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esmer2seemr2semerr1semmer1semre2smeer2ssemer1
Edit distance from "semer"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semer"?
"semer" is spelled S-E-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.me\.
What does "semer" mean?
As a verb, "semer" means: Répandre de la graine ou du grain sur une terre préparée, afin de les faire produire et multiplier.
What words are commonly confused with "semer"?
"semer" is commonly confused with "ser", "sexe", "some". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semer" is \sə.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semer" come from?
"semer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Séoul#12,872Raoul#12,849versa#12,883votée#12,885

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

summer7 variantsRafael7 variantspoêle7 variantsplane7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list