spin

/\spin\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,275

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

spin is aFrenchnoun. It 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... Pronounced \spin\. Often confused with sun and sri.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of spin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for spin is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \spin\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,275 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for spin, with forms such as "psin", "sipn", and "spinn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sun", "sri", "spy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is spin, spelled S-P-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: psin,sipn,spinn,spni,sppin,sspin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for spin

Misspelling Variants of "spin"

psin4sipn4spinn5spni4sppin5sspin5
Misspelling Variants of "spin"

Frequency rank: #17,275 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.