sinvssindWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sin is a symbol, sind is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sin” is a symbol and “sind” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,237
“sin” frequency rank
#48,796
“sind” frequency rank
65033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sin sind
Definition Sinus. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de sein.

Letter map: sin vs sind

Shared letters muted; letters that set sin and sind apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
sin
4 ch
sind

Grammar separator: sin vs sind

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sin is asymbol and sindaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sin” sits inside “sind”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sin is recorded at frequency rank #16,237, classified as asymbol. 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 65033, this pair ranks #74,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sin vs sind

Shared letters: ins. Private to "sin": -. Private to "sind": d.

"sin" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "sind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sindisnd · sidn · sindd · sinnd · snid · ssind

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sin" and "sind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sin" is a symbol and "sind" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sin" or "sind"?
"sin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,237 in our French list, against #48,796 for "sind". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sin" and "sind".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sin" 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 #74,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sin" 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 #74,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list