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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sind" and "sung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sind" vs "sung" - which ranks higher?
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.