# sardine

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɑːˈdiːn/ · frequency rank #43,899

## Definitions
1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
2. Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

## Easily confused with
- **sarin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sardine-vs-sarin)
- **shrine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sardine-vs-shrine)
- **serine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sardine-vs-serine)
- **sardines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sardine-vs-sardines)
- **Sardinia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sardine-vs-sardinia)
- **Sadie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadie-vs-sardine)
- **saline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saline-vs-sardine)
- **Sabine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabine-vs-sardine)
- **sanding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanding-vs-sardine)

## Common misspellings (10)
`asrdine`, `sadrine`, `sarddine`, `sardien`, `sardinne`, `sardnie`, `saridne`, `sarrdine`, `sradine`, `ssardine`

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