Signal
[zɪˈɡnaːl]
The verdict
“Signal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,996. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,996
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Wahrnehmbares, das eine bestimmte Bedeutung hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-signal · Signal · German
Signal · rank #3,996 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,996
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH set
Nearest frequency peer: set (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Signal“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sekunde
Sekunde
96,008 corpus weight
- seltsam
seltsam
96,007 corpus weight
- set
set
96,006 corpus weight
- Signal
Signal
96,005 corpus weight
- SOG
SOG
96,004 corpus weight
- sprich
sprich
96,003 corpus weight
What this shows „Signal“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Signal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɪˈɡnaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Signal“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Signal (IPA [zɪˈɡnaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,996 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Signal, with forms such as "isgnal", "sginal", and "siganl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Signale", "signals", "Signalen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Signal, spelled S-I-G-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1etwas Wahrnehmbares, das eine bestimmte Bedeutung hat
- 2Sachverhalt, der als Zeichen für etwas anderes gedeutet wird
- 3Schild oder Leuchtanlage, das freie Fahrt, ein Haltegebot oder andere Sachverhalte anzeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Signal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Leichtathletik dient ein Schuss als Signal für den Start.
„Amateurastronomen haben mit einem Teleskop in den Niederlanden Signale der Raumsonde Voyager 1 empfangen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isgnal
- sginal
- siganl
- siggnal
- signall
- signla
- signnal
- singal
- ssignal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Signal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Signal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).