syne
/saɪn/adverb, preposition
syne is spelled S-Y-N-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, syne means “Subsequently; then” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in syne?
| Letters | 4: S-Y-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 syne?
Syne appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 syne?
- /saɪn/
- /səin/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with syne
Sounds like: sign, sine (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with syne?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as syne.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yens.
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).
What does syne mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
ScotlandSubsequently; then.
- 2
ScotlandLate.
[Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.
- 3
ScotlandBefore now; ago.
preposition
- 1
ScotlandSince.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does syne come from?
From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).