sindvssungWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“sind” and “sung” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,796
“sind” frequency rank
#26,197
“sung” frequency rank
74993
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sind sung
Definition Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de sein. Participe passé de sing.

Where the eye mixes sind and sung

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. sind and sung follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
sind
4 ch
sung

Look-alike desk: sind vs sung

A purely visual mix-up. sind (\zɪnt\) and sung (\ˈsʌŋ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sind is recorded at frequency rank #48,796, classified as averb, pronounced \zɪnt\. 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 74993, this pair ranks #35,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sind vs sung

Shared letters: ns. Private to "sind": di. Private to "sung": gu.

"sind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sind ← isnd · sidn · sindd · sinnd · snid · ssind
  • sung ← snug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sind" and "sung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\zɪnt\ versus \ˈsʌŋ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sind" vs "sung" - which ranks higher?
"sung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,197 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "sind" and "sung" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sind" 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 #35,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sind" and "sung" 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 #35,418 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