eine

/\ˈaɪ̯.nə\/ article

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,798

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

eine is anFrencharticle. It means: Féminin (accusatif ou nominatif) de ein. Pronounced \ˈaɪ̯.nə\. Often confused with en and été.

Key facts for eine
PropertyValue
Headwordeine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechArticle
IPA\ˈaɪ̯.nə\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,798
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of eine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for eine is 4 letters long, classified as anarticle, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈaɪ̯.nə\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,798 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin (accusatif ou nominatif) de ein.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for eine, with forms such as "eien", "einne", and "enie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "en", "été", "end", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is eine, spelled E-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin (accusatif ou nominatif) de ein.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eien,einne,enie,iene

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for eine

Misspelling Variants of "eine"

eien4einne5enie4iene4
Misspelling Variants of "eine"

Frequency rank: #32,798 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eine"?
"eine" is spelled E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈaɪ̯.nə\.
What does "eine" mean?
As an article, "eine" means: Féminin (accusatif ou nominatif) de ein.
What words are commonly confused with "eine"?
"eine" is commonly confused with "en", "été", "end". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eine" is \ˈaɪ̯.nə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eine" come from?
"eine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.