satin

\sa.tɛ̃\

/\sa.tɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“satin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,413
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Armure de tissage qui consiste à faire croiser, dans le rapport de l’armure, une seule fois chaque fil de chaîne et chaque fil de trame afin d’obtenir une face effet chaîne et l’autre effet trame p...

Corpus desk

Index FR-satin · satin · French

satin · rank #22,413 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,413
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sapins

Nearest frequency peer: sapins (-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 « satin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « satin » 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).

satin vs sin
60% similar
satin vs sein
60% similar
satin vs soin
60% similar

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

Key facts for satin
PropertyValue
Headwordsatin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.tɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,413
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « satin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).satinse 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 « sapins » (#22,412), « savantes » (#22,414), « salafistes » (#22,411). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « satin » est au #22,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around satin (IPA \sa.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,413 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for satin, with forms such as "astin", "satinn", and "satni". 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, "sin", "sein", "soin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is satin, spelled S-A-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Armure de tissage qui consiste à faire croiser, dans le rapport de l’armure, une seule fois chaque fil de chaîne et chaque fil de trame afin d’obtenir une face effet chaîne et l’autre effet trame pour un effet doux et brillant.
  2. 2
    Tissu ainsi tissé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Satin uni ; de coton, soie, laine, polyester, viscose.
  2. Pour faire une saya ordinaire, il faut de douze à quatorze aunes de satin ; elle est doublée en florence ou en petite étoffe de coton très légère.

This word in other languages

satin(English)satén(Español)Satin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • astin
  • satinn
  • satni
  • sattin
  • ssatin
  • stain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

astin2satinn1satni2sattin1ssatin1stain2
Edit distance from "satin"

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 "satin"?
"satin" is spelled S-A-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.tɛ̃\.
What does "satin" mean?
As a noun, "satin" means: Armure de tissage qui consiste à faire croiser, dans le rapport de l’armure, une seule fois chaque fil de chaîne et chaque fil de trame afin d’obtenir une face effet chaîne et l’autre effet trame p...
What words are commonly confused with "satin"?
"satin" is commonly confused with "sin", "sein", "soin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "satin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "satin" is \sa.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "satin" come from?
"satin" 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 "satin", 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 (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list