steen
/stiːn/noun, verb
steen is spelled S-T-E-E-N: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, steen means “Alternative form of stean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of steen is steens.
How many letters and syllables are in steen?
| Letters | 5: S-T-E-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 steen?
Steen appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 steen?
- /stiːn/
Steen 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-steen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with steen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as steen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: teens, tense, sente, senet.
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 steen
- steens plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- stean
- steening participle, present
- steened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does steen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of stean.
noun
- 1
Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of stean.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does steen come from?
Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).