# sie

> English word · Verb · IPA /saɪ/ · frequency rank #26,962

## Definitions
1. To sink; fall; drop.
2. To fall, as in a swoon; faint.
3. To drop, as water; trickle.
4. To sift.
5. To strain, as milk; filter.

## Etymology
From Middle English sien, from Old English sīgan (“to sink, descend”), from Proto-Germanic *sīganą, *sīhwaną (“to strain, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour, strain”). Cognate with Dutch zijgen (“to filter”), German seihen (“to strain, sieve”), Icelandic síga (“to lower”).

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-so)
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-ss)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sp)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-su)
- **SM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sm)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sw)
- **SL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sl)
- **SK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sk)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sv)
- **SJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sj)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sy)
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-six)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-son)
- **sir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sir)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sun)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sit)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sky)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sub)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sin)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sie-vs-sum)

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