Seymour

name

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The verdict

“Seymour” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,770
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seymour · Seymour · French

Seymour · rank #21,770 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,770
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sensée

Nearest frequency peer: sensée (-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 « Seymour »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Seymour » 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).

Seymour vs séjour
43% similar

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

Key facts for Seymour
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeymour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,770
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Seymour »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Seymourse 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 « sensée » (#21,769), « siemens » (#21,771), « search » (#21,768). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Seymour » est au #21,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Seymour, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,770 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seymour, with forms such as "esymour", "semyour", and "seymmour". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "séjour", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Seymour, spelled S-E-Y-M-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jane Seymour.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esymour
  • semyour
  • seymmour
  • seymoru
  • seymourr
  • seymuor
  • seyomur
  • seyymour
  • sseymour
  • syemour

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seymour - 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.

esymour2semyour2seymmour1seymoru2seymourr1seymuor2seyomur2seyymour1
Edit distance from "Seymour"

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 "Seymour"?
"Seymour" is spelled S-E-Y-M-O-U-R.
What does "Seymour" mean?
As a proper noun, "Seymour" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Seymour"?
"Seymour" is commonly confused with "séjour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Seymour" come from?
"Seymour" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

siemens#21,771soudure#21,774through#21,794quittez#21,743

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

réussira10 variantssunnites10 variantspromeut10 variantsvisitez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list