seme
The verdict
“seme” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,061 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,061
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - descendência, prole, estirpe, linhagem
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seme |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seme” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
seme is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,061 among 2,603 “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
- 1descendência, prole, estirpe, linhagem
- 2sémen
Synonyms
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.
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Using “seme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.