le sien

\lə sjɛ̃\

/\lə sjɛ̃\/ pron

The verdict

“le sien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Possessif de la troisième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à lui ou elle.

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Index FR-le-sien · le sien · French

le sien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for le sien
PropertyValue
Headwordle sien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\lə sjɛ̃\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « le sien » en français

le sienreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

le sien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed \lə sjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Possessif de la troisième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à lui ou elle.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for le sien, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is le sien, spelled L-E- -S-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Possessif de la troisième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à lui ou elle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En ce cas, la fille a sur le frère puiné un avantage qui consiste en ce qu'elle a la propriété de sa part, si elle se marie , tandis que le frère puîné n'a que l’usufruit de la sienne. (Art. 268 et 346).
  2. Le roi n’eût jamais souffert qu’un pavillon, autre que le sien, flottât à une corne d’artimon ou au sommet du grand mât ; […].

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "le sien"?
"le sien" is spelled L-E- -S-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \lə sjɛ̃\.
What does "le sien" mean?
As a pronoun, "le sien" means: Possessif de la troisième personne du singulier au masculin singulier. Ce qui est à lui ou elle.
How do you pronounce "le sien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "le sien" is \lə sjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "le sien" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list