Which to use
“seing” is a noun and “sind” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,041
- “seing” frequency rank
- #48,796
- “sind” frequency rank
- 86837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seing | sind |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de quelqu’un écrit par lui-même au bas d’une lettre, d’un acte, pour le certifier, pour le confirmer, pour le rendre valable. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de sein. |
Where the eye mixes seing and sind
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between seing and sind
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seing is \sɛ̃\ while sind is \zɪnt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seing is recorded at frequency rank #38,041, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛ̃\. sind is at rank #48,796, tagged as averb, pronounced \zɪnt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 86837, this pair ranks #9,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seing vs sind
Shared letters: ins. Private to "seing": eg. Private to "sind": d.
"seing" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "sind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "seing" for "sind" ever safe?
Which is more common, "seing" or "sind"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "seing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seing" and "sind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sikh vs sind". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #9,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.