Which to use
“seat” and “seca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,459
- “seat” frequency rank
- #2,805
- “seca” frequency rank
- 37264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seat | seca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cadeira (lugar ocupado por membro de uma corporação) | período sem chuva |
Where the eye mixes seat and seca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between seat and seca
A purely visual mix-up. seat (/siːt/) and seca (/ˈsɛ.kɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seat is recorded at frequency rank #34,459, classified as anoun, pronounced /siːt/. seca is at rank #2,805, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.kɐ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37264, this pair ranks #29,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seat vs seca
Shared letters: aes. Private to "seat": t. Private to "seca": c.
"seat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "seca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "seat" for "seca" ever safe?
Which is more common, "seat" or "seca"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "seat" and "seca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seat" and "seca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seat vs soap". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #29,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.