sains

\sɛ̃\

/\sɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“sains” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,474
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sains · sains · French

sains · rank #12,474 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,474
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH révélée

Nearest frequency peer: révélée (-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 « sains »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sains » 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).

sains vs san
60% similar
sains vs sin
60% similar
sains vs sis
60% similar

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

Key facts for sains
PropertyValue
Headwordsains
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,474
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sains »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sainsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « révélée » (#12,473), « satisfaits » (#12,475), « répandre » (#12,472). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sains » est au #12,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sains (IPA \sɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,474 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de sain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sains, with forms such as "asins", "sainns", and "sainss". 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, "san", "sin", "sis", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sains, spelled S-A-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de sain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les faîteaux, sains et entiers, n’accusaient d’ailleurs aucune violence.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asins
  • sainns
  • sainss
  • saisn
  • sanis
  • sians
  • ssains

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sains - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

asins2sainns1sainss1saisn2sanis2sians2ssains1
Edit distance from "sains"

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 "sains"?
"sains" is spelled S-A-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃\.
What does "sains" mean?
As an adjective, "sains" means: Masculin pluriel de sain.
What words are commonly confused with "sains"?
"sains" is commonly confused with "san", "sin", "sis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sains"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sains" is \sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sains" come from?
"sains" 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 "sains", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vécue7 variantsAdèle7 variantschaux7 variantsChina7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list