seine
/seɪn/noun, verb
seine is spelled S-E-I-N-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seine means “A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seine is seines.
How many letters and syllables are in seine?
| Letters | 5: S-E-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 seine?
Seine appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 seine?
- US /seɪn/
Seine has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with seine
Sounds like: sane (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: sean.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with seine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as seine from its last stressed vowel (/eɪn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: insee.
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 seine
- seines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sean
- seining participle, present
- seined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
verb
- 1
To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | seine , seiner |
| German | Ringwadennetz, Schleppnetz |
| Portuguese | rede de arrasto, rede varredoura , pescar com rede de arrasto |
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 seine come from?
From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).