Zinn
\t͡sɪn\
The verdict
“Zinn” is uncommon French (frequency #83,521 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,521
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étain (l’élément chimique Sn).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zinn · Zinn · French
Zinn · rank #83,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,521
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zal
Nearest frequency peer: zal (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Zinn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Yakov
Yakov
16,484 corpus weight
- yole
yole
16,482 corpus weight
- zal
zal
16,481 corpus weight
- Zinn
Zinn
16,480 corpus weight
- zippo
zippo
16,479 corpus weight
- zombis
zombis
16,478 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Zinn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zinn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \t͡sɪn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zinn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zinn is uncommon French at frequency #83,521 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \t͡sɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zinn in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Zinn, spelled Z-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1Étain (l’élément chimique Sn).
- 2Vaisselle en étain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Jäger haben sich mit den Regeln arrangiert, wenngleich auch sie Streuung und Durchschlagskraft der neuen Geschosse, zumeist sind sie aus Stahl, aber auch aus schädlichem Kupfer oder Zinn, bemängeln.
Synonyms
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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