zine
[ˈsine]
The verdict
“zine” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #86,384 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #86,384
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zine |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsine] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zine” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for zine is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsine]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,384 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.".
Zero misspellings are on record for zine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is zine, spelled Z-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.
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.
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Using “zine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsine] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.