Sinai
/ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/
"sinai" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sinai” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,130 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #16,130
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sinai |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sinai” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Sinai is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,130 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sinai, with forms such as "isnai", "siani", and "sinia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SNA", "sing", "sink", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Vulgate Latin Sinai, from Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), from Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy). The correct English form is Sinai, spelled S-I-N-A-I.
Definition
- 1A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.
- 2A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.
Etymology
From Vulgate Latin Sinai, from Ancient Greek Σινάι (Sinái), from Hebrew סִינַי (Sináy).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: isnai,siani,sinia,sinnai,sniai,ssinai
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sinai - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sinai”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-I-N-A-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsaɪˌnaɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “SNA” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sinai vs SNA
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.