seem

verb

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The verdict

“seem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,570 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,570
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parecer; aparentar

Corpus desk

Index PT-seem · seem · Portuguese

seem · rank #53,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,570
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sarjeta

Nearest frequency peer: sarjeta (-3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “seem”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “seem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seem
PropertyValue
Headwordseem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#53,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “seem” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).seemcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sarjeta” (#53,567), “sacrilégio” (#53,562), “shelter” (#53,583). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “seem” fica em #53,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,570 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "parecer; aparentar".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for seem, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is seem, spelled S-E-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    parecer; aparentar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He seems to be ill.
  2. Her eyes seem blue.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seem"?
"seem" is spelled S-E-E-M.
What does "seem" mean?
As a verb, "seem" means: parecer; aparentar
What language does "seem" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nica#53,458Bier#53,722boro#53,730bout#53,731

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list