zine
/ziːn/noun
zine is spelled Z-I-N-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zine means “A low-circulation, noncommercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zine is zines or 'zines.
How many letters and syllables are in zine?
| Letters | 4: Z-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,236th 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 zine?
Zine appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,236th 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 zine?
- /ziːn/
Zine 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-zine.wav, En-us-zine.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with zine?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as zine.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: zein, nize.
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 zine
- zines plural
- 'zine
- 'zines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A low-circulation, noncommercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense publication:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zine come from?
Shortened from fanzine, ultimately from magazine; from 1965.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).