# saint

> English word · Noun · IPA /seɪnt/ · frequency rank #3,584

## Definitions
1. A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.
2. One of the blessed in heaven.
3. A Christian; a faithful believer in the present world.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Saint (“a Mormon, a Latter-day Saint”).
5. A person with similarly overwhelming positive qualities; one who does good.
6. A holy object.

## Etymology
From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Old French saint, seinte (Modern French saint); both from Latin sānctus (“holy, consecrated”, in Late Latin as a noun, “a saint”), past participle of sancīre (“to render sacred, make holy”), akin to sacer (“holy, sacred”). Doublet of Sanctus. Displaced native Middle English halwe (“saint”) from Old English hālga (“saint, holy one”) (> Modern English hallow (“saint”)).

## Easily confused with
- **san** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-san)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sit)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sat)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sin)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-shit)
- **sent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sent)
- **skin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-skin)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-suit)
- **salt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-salt)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sing)
- **sand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sand)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-spin)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sink)
- **sang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sang)
- **sins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sins)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-spit)
- **sank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sank)
- **shin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-shin)
- **sane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sane)
- **sans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saint-vs-sans)

## Common misspellings (7)
`asint`, `sainnt`, `saintt`, `saitn`, `sanit`, `siant`, `ssaint`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/saint