Signet
[zinˈjeː]
The verdict
“Signet” is uncommon German (frequency #79,726 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,726
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezielles Zeichen, das für den Urheber/Hersteller steht und auch zu Werbezwecken dienen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-signet · Signet · German
Signet · rank #79,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,726
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sicherheitsgu…
Nearest frequency peer: Sicherheitsgurte (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Signet“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- selbstverst…
selbstverständlichen
20,279 corpus weight
- Septembers
Septembers
20,278 corpus weight
- sichereren
sichereren
20,277 corpus weight
- Sicherheits…
Sicherheitsgurte
20,276 corpus weight
- Signet
Signet
20,275 corpus weight
- Silberhochz…
Silberhochzeit
20,273 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Signet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Signet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zinˈjeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Signet“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Signet is uncommon German at frequency #79,726 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zinˈjeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezielles Zeichen, das für den Urheber/Hersteller steht und auch zu Werbezwecken dienen kann".
No misspelling variants are generated for Signet in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Signet, spelled S-I-G-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1spezielles Zeichen, das für den Urheber/Hersteller steht und auch zu Werbezwecken dienen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Signet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Signet dazu entwarf Walter Tiemann.“
„Um diesem neuen Signet samt seiner Funktion schon zu Beginn seiner Einführung zu einer großen Bekanntheit zu verhelfen, fand zum einen ein medial begleiteter Design-Wettbewerb statt und zum anderen sollte das Gewinneremblem auf den ersten westdeutschen Umweltschutzmarken zu sehen sein.“
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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