pine
/paɪn/
"pine" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pine” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #6,080 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,080
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
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 | pine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /paɪn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pine” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for pine is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /paɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,080 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pine, with forms such as "ipne", "pien", and "pinne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pit", "Poe", "pun", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat. The correct English form is pine, spelled P-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
- 2Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- 3The wood of this tree.
- 4A pineapple.
- 5The bench, where players sit when not playing.
- 6A counter or bartop.
Etymology
From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ipne,pien,pinne,pnie,ppine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “pine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /paɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pit” - see the side-by-side comparison. pine vs pit
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.