Sabina
"sabina" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sabina” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,884
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sabina · Sabina · English
Sabina · rank #40,884 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,884
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH rustle
Nearest frequency peer: rustle (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Sabina”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Rumi
Rumi
59,120 corpus weight
- rusting
rusting
59,119 corpus weight
- rustle
rustle
59,118 corpus weight
- Sabina
Sabina
59,117 corpus weight
- saluted
saluted
59,116 corpus weight
- sarcoma
sarcoma
59,114 corpus weight
What this shows “Sabina” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Sabina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sabina”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Sabina, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,884 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sabina, with forms such as "asbina", "sabbina", and "sabian". 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, "Sina", "saint", "satin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Name of early saints, Latin Sabīna, feminine of the Roman cognomen Sabīnus (“a Sabine”), from an ancient tribe from Italy. The correct English form is Sabina, spelled S-A-B-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Latin.
- 2A female given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sabina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nor have our female names fared one bit better; we have discarded them even more ruthlessly than those of our men. Surely Sadhbh (Sive) is a prettier name then Sabina or Sibby; […]
Etymology
Name of early saints, Latin Sabīna, feminine of the Roman cognomen Sabīnus (“a Sabine”), from an ancient tribe from Italy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asbina
- sabbina
- sabian
- sabinna
- sabnia
- saibna
- sbaina
- ssabina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sabina - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sabina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).