seoir
\swaʁ\
The verdict
“seoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller bien, pour un vêtement ; être convenable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seoir · seoir · French
seoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \swaʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
seoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for seoir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is seoir, spelled S-E-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Aller bien, pour un vêtement ; être convenable.
- 2Être assis, bien établi.
- 3Être installé ou établi.
- 4S’asseoir, s’installer dans une assemblée à la place qui convient à son rang.
- 5Siéger.
- 6ou Être assis, être placé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], il sied mieux à une prisonnière de rester debout, jusqu’à ce qu’elle sache le sort qui l’attend.
Ma situation me forçait, à la vérité, à affecter diverses bizarreries, mais elles siéent si bien aux riches !
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.