Which to use
“seing” is a noun and “sung” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,041
- “seing” frequency rank
- #26,197
- “sung” frequency rank
- 64238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seing | sung |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Participe passé de sing. |
Where the eye mixes seing and sung
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses seing with sung
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: seing is \sɛ̃\ while sung is \ˈsʌŋ\. 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 64238, 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\. sung is at rank #26,197, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈsʌŋ\.
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 64238, this pair ranks #78,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seing vs sung
Shared letters: gns. Private to "seing": ei. Private to "sung": u.
"seing" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seing" and "sung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "seing" vs "sung" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "seing" and "sung" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,011 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seing" and "sung" 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 #78,011 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.