sabin
/ˈseɪbɪn/
"sabin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sabin” is uncommon English (frequency #53,832 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,832
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A material that is 1 square meter in size that can absorb 100% of sound has a value of one metric sabin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseɪbɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sabin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sabin is uncommon English at frequency #53,832 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈseɪbɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A material that is 1 square meter in size that can absorb 100% of sound has a value of one metric sabin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sabin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist. The correct English form is sabin, spelled S-A-B-I-N.
Definition
- 1A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A material that is 1 square meter in size that can absorb 100% of sound has a value of one metric sabin.
Etymology
From Wallace Clement Sabine (1868-1919), US physicist.
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 “sabin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-B-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈseɪbɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.