# seine

> English word · Noun · IPA /seɪn/ · frequency rank #23,389

## Definitions
1. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

## Etymology
From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

## Easily confused with
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sin)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sen)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sie)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-side)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-site)
- **sent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sent)
- **size** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-size)
- **send** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-send)
- **skin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-skin)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sing)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-spin)
- **sink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sink)
- **sins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sins)
- **shin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-shin)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sire)
- **sens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sens)
- **sewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sewn)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sine)
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sina)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seine-vs-sone)

## Common misspellings (6)
`esine`, `seien`, `seinne`, `senie`, `siene`, `sseine`

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