zijn
\zɛɪn\
The verdict
“zijn” is uncommon French (frequency #73,661 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,661
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Son, sa, ses, en parlant d’un homme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zijn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \zɛɪn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zijn” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zijn is uncommon French at frequency #73,661 among 39,292 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \zɛɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Son, sa, ses, en parlant d’un homme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zijn, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is zijn, spelled Z-I-J-N.
Definition
- 1Son, sa, ses, en parlant d’un homme.
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.
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Using “zijn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-J-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \zɛɪn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.