sabin

\sa.bɛ̃\

/\sa.bɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“sabin” is uncommon French (frequency #78,833 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,833
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Sabins.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sabin · sabin · French

sabin · rank #78,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,833
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sablonneuse

Nearest frequency peer: sablonneuse (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sabin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sabin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sabin
PropertyValue
Headwordsabin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.bɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,833
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sabin » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sabintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sablonneuse » (#78,834), « sabords » (#78,835), « sacchi » (#78,836). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sabin » est au #78,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sabin is uncommon French at frequency #78,833 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sa.bɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux Sabins.".

Zero misspellings are on record for sabin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sabin, spelled S-A-B-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux Sabins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un paysan sabin, vêtu d’une peau de chèvre et portant une espèce de chlamyde roulée au bras gauche, s’est appuyé sur un bâton et a regardé boire son troupeau, scène qui contrastoit par son immobilité et son silence avec le mouvement et le bruit des flots.

This word in other languages

Sabinian(English)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sabin"?
"sabin" is spelled S-A-B-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.bɛ̃\.
What does "sabin" mean?
As an adjective, "sabin" means: Relatif aux Sabins.
How do you pronounce "sabin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sabin" is \sa.bɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sabin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salan#78,837Rhoda#78,808snaps#78,860spada#78,870

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list