Seine
[ˈzɛːn]
The verdict
“Seine” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #96. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #96
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet
Corpus desk
Index DE-seine · Seine · German
Seine · rank #96 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #96
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH gegen
Nearest frequency peer: gegen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Seine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 3
3
99,908 corpus weight
- dieser
dieser
99,907 corpus weight
- gegen
gegen
99,906 corpus weight
- Seine
Seine
99,905 corpus weight
- alles
alles
99,904 corpus weight
- also
also
99,903 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Seine” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Seine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɛːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Seine” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Seine (IPA [ˈzɛːn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #96 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Seine, with forms such as "esine", "seinne", and "senie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sie", "sin", "sind", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Seine, spelled S-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1drittlängster Fluss Frankreichs, der in Burgund entspringt, Paris durchfließt und in den Ärmelkanal mündet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ließ sich durch einen Schiffer auf das linke Ufer der Seine übersetzen, eilte vorwärts und vertiefte sich in die engen Gassen der Universität, planlos herumirrend, bei jedem Schritte auf Haufen beiderlei Geschlechts stoßend, die lustig der Sct. Michelsbrücke zueilten, in der Hoffnung, noch zeitig genug zu kommen, um die Hexe hängen zu sehen. (Victor Hu…
„Er liebte es, an der Seine zu sitzen. schweigend, vor dem großen wolkigen Himmel, dem Flimmern des Flusses in der Sonne, den Brücken und den Schleppdampfern.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esine
- seinne
- senie
- siene
- sseine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Seine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Seine". Here's where to go from here.
- "Seine" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sie". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #96 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.