Which to use
“seat” is a noun and “seis” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,459
- “seat” frequency rank
- #542
- “seis” frequency rank
- 35001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seat | seis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cadeira (lugar ocupado por membro de uma corporação) | número equivalente a cinco mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha seis elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 6 (algarismos arábicos) ou VI (algarismos romanos) |
Letter map: seat vs seis
Shared letters muted; letters that set seat and seis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for seat / seis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seat is anoun and seisanum. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35001, 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/. seis is at rank #542, tagged as anum.
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 35001, this pair ranks #32,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seat vs seis
Shared letters: es. Private to "seat": at. Private to "seis": i.
"seat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "seis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seat" and "seis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "seat" vs "seis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seat" and "seis".
- Full dictionary entry for "seat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seat" and "seis" 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 #32,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.