spin

\spin\

/\spin\/ noun

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The verdict

“spin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,275
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété quantique intrinsèque associée à chaque particule, qui est caractéristique de la nature de la particule, au même titre que sa masse et sa charge électrique, et qui s’apparente à la quanti...

Corpus desk

Index FR-spin · spin · French

spin · rank #17,275 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,275
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sniper

Nearest frequency peer: sniper (-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 « spin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spin » 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).

spin vs sun
50% similar
spin vs sri
50% similar
spin vs spy
50% similar

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

Key facts for spin
PropertyValue
Headwordspin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spin\
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,275
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spin »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sniper » (#17,274), « sponsor » (#17,276), « sioniste » (#17,273). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spin » est au #17,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around spin (IPA \spin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,275 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 spin, with forms such as "psin", "sipn", and "spinn". 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, "sun", "sri", "spy", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is spin, spelled S-P-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété quantique intrinsèque associée à chaque particule, qui est caractéristique de la nature de la particule, au même titre que sa masse et sa charge électrique, et qui s’apparente à la quantité de mouvement angulaire sans l’être.
  2. 2
    Forme de propagande qui consiste à donner délibérément une interprétation biaisée d'un événement ou à faire campagne pour influencer l'opinion publique autour d'une organisation ou d'une personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1927, Dirac incorpora la théorie de la relativité restreinte d’Einstein dans la mécanique quantique afin de produire une théorie quantique entièrement « relativiste ». De celle-ci naquit le spin de l’électron, une propriété que l’on matérialisait par le fait que l’électron de charge négative tourne littéralement autour de son axe, engendrant ainsi loca…
  2. Le spin d’une particule est en effet quantifié par un nombre soit entier (0, 1, 2, 3…), soit demi-entier (1/2, 3/2, 5/2…).

This word in other languages

spin(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psin
  • sipn
  • spinn
  • spni
  • sppin
  • sspin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

psin2sipn2spinn1spni2sppin1sspin1
Edit distance from "spin"

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 "spin"?
"spin" is spelled S-P-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \spin\.
What does "spin" mean?
As a noun, "spin" means: Propriété quantique intrinsèque associée à chaque particule, qui est caractéristique de la nature de la particule, au même titre que sa masse et sa charge électrique, et qui s’apparente à la quanti...
What words are commonly confused with "spin"?
"spin" is commonly confused with "sun", "sri", "spy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spin" is \spin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spin" come from?
"spin" 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 "spin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scan#17,267Yvon#17,315papi#17,217Nash#17,203

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

urban6 variantsopera6 variantsavale6 variantslisée6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list