cine

[ˈsine]

/[ˈsine]/ noun

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The verdict

“cine” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #961) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#961
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arte de hacer películas para su exposición en salas de espectáculo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cine · cine · Spanish

cine · rank #961 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #961
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cielo

Nearest frequency peer: cielo (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “cine”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “cine” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cine vs con
50% similar
cine vs ciu
50% similar
cine vs cis
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cine
PropertyValue
Headwordcine
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsine]
Letters4
Frequency rank#961
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “cine”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cinecae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “cielo” (#960), “cuestión” (#962), “chicos” (#959). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cine” va en #961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for cine is neighbouring look-alikes ("con", "ciu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈsine]. Frequency #961 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for cine, with forms such as "ccine", "cinne", and "cnie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "ciu", "cis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cine, spelled C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte de hacer películas para su exposición en salas de espectáculo.
  2. 2
    Sala de espectáculo que ofrece películas al público.
  3. 3
    Historia narrada mediante imágenes que son proyectadas sobre una pantalla de una sala de espectáculos.
  4. 4
    Estilo y características del cine₁ particular de un cineasta.
  5. 5
    Industria que explota la producción de películas, su distribución y exhibición en salas para el público.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El cine de Scorsese.

Synonyms

cinematografíaséptimo artecinematógrafocinemapelículafilm

This word in other languages

cinema(English)cinéma(Français)Lichtspieltheater(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccine
  • cinne
  • cnie
  • icne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccine1cinne1cnie2icne2
Edit distance from "cine"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cine"?
"cine" is spelled C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsine].
What does "cine" mean?
As a noun, "cine" means: Arte de hacer películas para su exposición en salas de espectáculo.
What words are commonly confused with "cine"?
"cine" is commonly confused with "con", "ciu", "cis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cine" is [ˈsine]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cine" come from?
"cine" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hice#967loco#972ropa#950rico#976

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list