sintvssunWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sint is a pronoun, sun is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sint” is a pronoun and “sun” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,277
“sint” frequency rank
#6,897
“sun” frequency rank
42174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sint sun
Definition Leur, se (pronom de réciprocité). Chanter

Letter map: sint vs sun

Shared letters muted; letters that set sint and sun apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sint
3 ch
sun

Grammar separator: sint vs sun

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is apronoun and sunaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sint is recorded at frequency rank #35,277, classified as apron, pronounced \sint\. sun is at rank #6,897, tagged as averb.

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 42174, this pair ranks #227,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sint vs sun

Shared letters: ns. Private to "sint": it. Private to "sun": u.

"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "sun" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sintisnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sint" and "sun" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sint" is a pronoun and "sun" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sint" vs "sun" - which ranks higher?
"sun" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,897 in our French list, against #35,277 for "sint". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "sint" vs "sun" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sun" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #227,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sint" and "sun" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sind vs sint". 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 #227,652 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