# sinner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪnɚ/ · frequency rank #17,487

## Definitions
1. A person who sins or has sinned.
2. A person who sins or has sinned.
3. A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.
4. A person with negative qualities; one who does bad things.

## Etymology
From Middle English synnere, equivalent to sin + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säänder (“sinner”), West Frisian sûnder (“sinner”), Dutch zondaar (“sinner”), German Low German Sünder, Sünner (“sinner”), German Sünder (“sinner”), Danish synder (“sinner”), Swedish syndare (“sinner”), Icelandic syndari (“sinner”).

## Easily confused with
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sneer)
- **sister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sister)
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sooner)
- **stoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-stoner)
- **Sumner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sumner)
- **sitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sitter)
- **sonnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sonnet)
- **skinned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-skinned)
- **skinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-skinner)
- **spinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-spinner)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-stinger)
- **stunner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-stunner)
- **swinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-swinger)
- **spanner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-spanner)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sine-vs-sinner)
- **since** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/since-vs-sinner)
- **signed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signed-vs-sinner)
- **silver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silver-vs-sinner)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sinner)
- **Sidney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-sinner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`isnner`, `sinenr`, `siner`, `sinnerr`, `sinnre`, `sniner`, `ssinner`

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