saines

\sɛn\

/\sɛn\/ adj

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The verdict

“saines” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,729
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de sain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saines · saines · French

saines · rank #16,729 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,729
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Roumaine

Nearest frequency peer: Roumaine (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « saines »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « saines » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

saines vs sans
67% similar
saines vs sais
67% similar
saines vs sine
67% similar

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

Key facts for saines
PropertyValue
Headwordsaines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,729
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saines »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sainesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Roumaine » (#16,728), « salades » (#16,730), « robotique » (#16,727). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saines » est au #16,729. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around saines (IPA \sɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,729 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de sain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for saines, with forms such as "asines", "saiens", and "sainess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sans", "sais", "sine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is saines, spelled S-A-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de sain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour avoir un rôle masticatoire il faut d’abord que les dents soient saines et, pour que nos dents soient saines, il nous faut un système de services sociaux qui, en soi, soit sain et je crois que cette loi vient "désassainir" ce système que nous avons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asines
  • saiens
  • sainess
  • sainnes
  • sainse
  • sanies
  • sianes
  • ssaines

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saines - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asines2saiens2sainess1sainnes1sainse2sanies2sianes2ssaines1
Edit distance from "saines"

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 "saines"?
"saines" is spelled S-A-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛn\.
What does "saines" mean?
As an adjective, "saines" means: Féminin pluriel de sain.
What words are commonly confused with "saines"?
"saines" is commonly confused with "sans", "sais", "sine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saines" is \sɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saines" come from?
"saines" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sartre#16,732selfie#16,736reculé#16,720signez#16,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

rasoir8 variantsqueens8 variantstyran8 variantspayait8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list