seme

noun

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The verdict

“seme” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,061 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,061
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - descendência, prole, estirpe, linhagem

Corpus desk

Index PT-seme · seme · Portuguese

seme · rank #72,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,061
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sequencialmen…

Nearest frequency peer: sequencialmente (+2 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 “seme”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seme
PropertyValue
Headwordseme
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “seme” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sequencialmente” (#72,063), “sexting” (#72,069), “sabugo” (#72,052). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “seme” fica em #72,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seme is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,061 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

seme has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is seme, spelled S-E-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    descendência, prole, estirpe, linhagem
  2. 2
    sémen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "O bezerro é seme"

Synonyms

semedasemo

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 "seme"?
"seme" is spelled S-E-M-E.
What does "seme" mean?
As a noun, "seme" means: descendência, prole, estirpe, linhagem
What language does "seme" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Rabe#72,009Meer#71,909bago#72,256drei#72,414

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list