Seine

/[ˈzɛːn]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#96

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Seine is aGermanname. It means: drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet Pronounced [ˈzɛːn]. It ranks #96 in German word frequency. Often confused with sie and sin.

Key facts for Seine
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈzɛːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#96
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Seine in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Seine is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɛːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #96 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Seine, with forms such as "esine", "seinne", and "senie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sie", "sin", "sind", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Seine, spelled S-E-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esine,seinne,senie,siene,sseine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Seine

Misspelling Variants of "Seine"

esine5seinne6senie5siene5sseine6
Misspelling Variants of "Seine"

Frequency rank: #96 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seine"?
"Seine" is spelled S-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɛːn].
What does "Seine" mean?
As a name, "Seine" means: drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet
What words are commonly confused with "Seine"?
"Seine" is commonly confused with "sie", "sin", "sind". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Seine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seine" is [ˈzɛːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seine" come from?
"Seine" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.