insigne
"insigne" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insigne” is uncommon English (frequency #83,374 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,374
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An insignia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insigne · insigne · English
insigne · rank #83,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interglacial
Nearest frequency peer: interglacial (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “insigne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- inconvenien…
inconveniently
16,632 corpus weight
- indexer
indexer
16,631 corpus weight
- insigne
insigne
16,627 corpus weight
- interglacial
interglacial
16,626 corpus weight
- intrust
intrust
16,624 corpus weight
- invitee
invitee
16,623 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insigne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insigne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insigne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insigne is uncommon English at frequency #83,374 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An insignia.".
insigne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin. The correct English form is insigne, spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1An insignia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elizabeth will give this work of art her regal scrutiny (and, no doubt, a trial run) before granting her imprimatur for the embroidering in gold thread of the royal insigne: er.
Etymology
From Latin.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).