sereins

\sə.ʁɛ̃\

/\sə.ʁɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“sereins” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,009
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sereins · sereins · French

sereins · rank #40,009 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,009
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH septante

Nearest frequency peer: septante (-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 « sereins »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sereins » 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).

sereins vs serons
71% similar
sereins vs series
71% similar
sereins vs servis
71% similar

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

Key facts for sereins
PropertyValue
Headwordsereins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sə.ʁɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,009
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sereins »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sereinsse 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 « septante » (#40,008), « serrurerie » (#40,010), « semblera » (#40,007). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sereins » est au #40,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sereins (IPA \sə.ʁɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,009 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de serein.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sereins, with forms such as "esreins", "seerins", and "sereinns". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "serons", "series", "servis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sereins, spelled S-E-R-E-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de serein.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De l’angoisse (celle de la propriété littéraire, ou de l’écriture devenue irresponsable), le livre parle peu : elle est, s’il s’en éprouve le dépositaire, le fait à venir du lecteur, qui devra se ménager un accès autonome jusqu’à elle, en tirant des conséquences singulières d’énoncés universitaires sereins, peu propices en apparence à désensommeiller les…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esreins
  • seerins
  • sereinns
  • sereinss
  • sereisn
  • serenis
  • seriens
  • serreins
  • sreeins
  • ssereins

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esreins2seerins2sereinns1sereinss1sereisn2serenis2seriens2serreins1
Edit distance from "sereins"

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list