insigne

noun

"insigne" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“insigne” is an uncommon English word, ranked #83,374 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#83,374
frequency rank, English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An insignia.

Key facts for insigne
PropertyValue
Headwordinsigne
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,374
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “insigne” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). insigne lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for insigne is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #83,374 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

  1. 1
    An insignia.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insigne"?
"insigne" is spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-E.
What does "insigne" mean?
As a noun, "insigne" means: An insignia.
What is the origin of the word "insigne"?
From Latin. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “insigne”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-N-S-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list