semis

\sə.mi\

/\sə.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“semis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,280
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mise en terre des semences ; action de semer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-semis · semis · French

semis · rank #20,280 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,280
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauraient

Nearest frequency peer: sauraient (-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 « semis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « semis » 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).

semis vs ses
60% similar
semis vs SMS
0% similar
semis vs sis
60% similar

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

Key facts for semis
PropertyValue
Headwordsemis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.mi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,280
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).semisse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sauraient » (#20,279), « saq » (#20,278), « sine » (#20,282). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semis » est au #20,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around semis (IPA \sə.mi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,280 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for semis, with forms such as "esmis", "seims", and "semiss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ses", "SMS", "sis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is semis, spelled S-E-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mise en terre des semences ; action de semer.
  2. 2
    Plant d’arbrisseaux, de plantes, de fleurs venant de graines.
  3. 3
    Jeunes plants issus de la germination des graines.
  4. 4
    Ornement répandu, motif fréquemment répété.
  5. 5
    Canevas constitué par un ensemble de points répartis de façon irrégulière ou quelconque sur une zone géographique donnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Bacchus, qui provient d'un semis de Clinton, est un cépage d'avenir pour la culture en treillages dans les sols profonds.
  2. La qualité des semences (le pouvoir germinatif), l’époque de semis ou de plantation et la densité sont des facteurs essentiels du rendement des cultures.

Synonyms

semailles

This word in other languages

sowing(English)plantín(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmis
  • seims
  • semiss
  • semmis
  • semsi
  • smeis
  • ssemis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of semis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esmis2seims2semiss1semmis1semsi2smeis2ssemis1
Edit distance from "semis"

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 "semis"?
"semis" is spelled S-E-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.mi\.
What does "semis" mean?
As a noun, "semis" means: Mise en terre des semences ; action de semer.
What words are commonly confused with "semis"?
"semis" is commonly confused with "ses", "SMS", "sis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semis" is \sə.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semis" come from?
"semis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list