# sync

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɪŋk/ · frequency rank #8,868

## Definitions
1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony.
2. Harmony.
3. A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films.

## Etymology
Clipping of synchronization.

## Easily confused with
- **synth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sync-vs-synth)
- **synod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sync-vs-synod)
- **synced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sync-vs-synced)
- **SC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sc-vs-sync)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sy-vs-sync)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-sync)
- **san** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/san-vs-sync)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sun-vs-sync)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sin-vs-sync)
- **sec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sec-vs-sync)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sen-vs-sync)
- **sac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sac-vs-sync)
- **sic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sic-vs-sync)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snp-vs-sync)
- **SNL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snl-vs-sync)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/syd-vs-sync)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/syn-vs-sync)
- **SSC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ssc-vs-sync)
- **SbC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sbc-vs-sync)
- **SLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slc-vs-sync)

## Common misspellings (7)
`snyc`, `ssync`, `sycn`, `syncc`, `synnc`, `syync`, `ysnc`

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