sateen
sa·teen/səˈtiːn/noun
sateen is spelled S-A-T-E-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (sa·teen). It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sateen means “A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sateen is sateens.
How many letters and syllables are in sateen?
| Letters | 6: S-A-T-E-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sa·teen |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sateen?
Sateen appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sateen?
- /səˈtiːn/
Sateen has 2 syllables, split sa·teen in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-sateen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sateen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sateen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: senate.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sateen
- sateens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sateen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sateen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a type of shiny cotton cloth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | satén |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sateen come from?
A 19th century variant of satin, perhaps influenced by velveteen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).