sardine

\saʁ.din\

/\saʁ.din\/ noun

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The verdict

“sardine” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,304
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson de mer au corps fuselé d'une vingtaine de centimètres de long, au dos bleuté et au ventre argenté, apparenté au hareng.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sardine · sardine · French

sardine · rank #34,304 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,304
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanguines

Nearest frequency peer: sanguines (-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 « sardine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sardine » 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).

sardine vs sarin
71% similar
sardine vs sereine
71% similar
sardine vs sordide
71% similar

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

Key facts for sardine
PropertyValue
Headwordsardine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\saʁ.din\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,304
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sardine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sardinese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sanguines » (#34,303), « Sardou » (#34,305), « samouraïs » (#34,302). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sardine » est au #34,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sardine (IPA \saʁ.din\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,304 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sardine, with forms such as "asrdine", "sadrine", and "sarddine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "sarin", "sereine", "sordide", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sardine, spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson de mer au corps fuselé d'une vingtaine de centimètres de long, au dos bleuté et au ventre argenté, apparenté au hareng.
  2. 2
    Broche métallique servant à fixer une tente de camping au sol.
  3. 3
    Barrette indiquant le grade sur les épaulettes ou sur les manches d’un uniforme.
  4. 4
    Traces semi-circulaires laissées par le bord d'une taloche, d'une lisseuse sur un enduit.
  5. 5
    Jeu dans lequel un joueur se cache et tous les autres le cherchent et le rejoignent lorsqu’ils le trouvent, jusqu’à ce que tous les joueurs aient trouvé la sardine.
  6. 6
    Personne qui se cache dans ce même jeu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les poissons qu’on y pêche sont d’un goût excellent ; ceux qu’on estime le plus et qu’on rencontre le plus fréquemment, sont : le rouget, le maquereau, le loup, la sole, deux espèces de sardines enfin et sur-tout le mulet (vulgairement muge), dont nos pêcheurs distinguent aussi deux variétés.
  2. C'était la saison où les gens de Concarneau pêchent la sardine et des centaines de barques forçaient de voiles pour rentrer au port avant que la tempête éclatât.

Synonyms

sardoche

This word in other languages

sardine(English)sardina(Español)Sardine(Deutsch)sardinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asrdine
  • sadrine
  • sarddine
  • sardien
  • sardinne
  • sardnie
  • saridne
  • sarrdine
  • sradine
  • ssardine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sardine - 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.

asrdine2sadrine2sarddine1sardien2sardinne1sardnie2saridne2sarrdine1
Edit distance from "sardine"

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 "sardine"?
"sardine" is spelled S-A-R-D-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \saʁ.din\.
What does "sardine" mean?
As a noun, "sardine" means: Poisson de mer au corps fuselé d'une vingtaine de centimètres de long, au dos bleuté et au ventre argenté, apparenté au hareng.
What words are commonly confused with "sardine"?
"sardine" is commonly confused with "sarin", "sereine", "sordide". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sardine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sardine" is \saʁ.din\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sardine" come from?
"sardine" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sissoko#34,313Slimane#34,314titrage#34,333tombale#34,334

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ramassis10 variantstombeur10 variantspropane10 variantsprogress10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list