since

\sɛ̃s\

/\sɛ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“since” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,811. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,811
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serpillière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-since · since · French

since · rank #30,811 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,811
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Silvia

Nearest frequency peer: Silvia (-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 « since »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « since » 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).

since vs SNC
0% similar
since vs site
60% similar
since vs SNCF
0% similar

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

Key facts for since
PropertyValue
Headwordsince
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,811
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « since »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sincese 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 « Silvia » (#30,810), « sneakers » (#30,812), « silencieusement » (#30,809). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « since » est au #30,811. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around since (IPA \sɛ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,811 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Serpillière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for since, with forms such as "isnce", "sicne", and "sincce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SNC", "site", "SNCF", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 since, spelled S-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serpillière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je vous garantis que s'ils avaient eu comme moi la peine de les faire blanchir à la javel, avec la since.

Synonyms

pièceloqueloque à reloqueterwassinguepanossepeille

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isnce
  • sicne
  • sincce
  • sinec
  • sinnce
  • snice
  • ssince

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isnce2sicne2sincce1sinec2sinnce1snice2ssince1
Edit distance from "since"

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 "since"?
"since" is spelled S-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃s\.
What does "since" mean?
As a noun, "since" means: Serpillière.
What words are commonly confused with "since"?
"since" is commonly confused with "SNC", "site", "SNCF". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "since"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "since" is \sɛ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "since" come from?
"since" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

seaux#30,806saper#30,798sévir#30,832royer#30,787

Similar misspelling depth

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

tresse7 variantsusent7 variantsratez7 variantsVance7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list