# seines vs shine

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### seines
*unknown · IPA [ˈzaɪ̯nəs] · frequency rank #623*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum und Neutrum des Possessivpronomens sein

### shine
*verb · IPA [ʃaɪn] · frequency rank #33,293*
scheinen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seines-vs-shine