Which to use
“seing” is a noun and “sint” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,041
- “seing” frequency rank
- #35,277
- “sint” frequency rank
- 73318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seing | sint |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). |
Where the eye mixes seing and sint
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. seing runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against sint's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: seing vs sint
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seing is \sɛ̃\ while sint is \sint\. 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 pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73318, 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\. sint is at rank #35,277, tagged as apron, pronounced \sint\.
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 73318, this pair ranks #40,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seing vs sint
Shared letters: ins. Private to "seing": eg. Private to "sint": t.
"seing" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seing" and "sint" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "seing" or "sint" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "seing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seing" and "sint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seing 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 #40,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.