# zine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ziːn/ · frequency rank #33,496

## Definitions
1. A low-circulation, noncommercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.

## Etymology
Shortened from fanzine, ultimately from magazine; from 1965.

## Easily confused with
- **zip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zip)
- **Zoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zoe)
- **zone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zone)
- **Zion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zion)
- **Zips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zips)
- **zing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zing)
- **zona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zona)
- **zoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zine-vs-zoned)
- **ze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ze-vs-zine)
- **Zen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zen-vs-zine)
- **zee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zee-vs-zine)
- **zig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zig-vs-zine)
- **Zia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zia-vs-zine)
- **Zim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zim-vs-zine)
- **zinc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zinc-vs-zine)
- **Zeke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zeke-vs-zine)
- **Zane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zane-vs-zine)
- **zika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zika-vs-zine)
- **zany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zany-vs-zine)
- **Zeno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zeno-vs-zine)

## Common misspellings (5)
`izne`, `zien`, `zinne`, `znie`, `zzine`

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