sig
/sɪɡ/noun, verb
sig is spelled S-I-G: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Sig, the name). As a noun, sig means “A signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sig is sigs.
How many letters and syllables are in sig?
| Letters | 3: S-I-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sig?
Sig appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Sig, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sig?
- /sɪɡ/
Sig has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sig.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sig
Sounds like: cig (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sig?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sig.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gis.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sig
- sigs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sigging participle, present
- sigged participle, past
- zigg
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sig mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings.
- 2
Sigma (in the names of Greek-letter organizations).
Sig Chi; Kappa Sig; Sig Nu
- 3
slangShort for sigma in phrases like "what the sigma"
What the sig is this?
- 4
UKdatedUrine.
verb
- 1
slangTo good-naturedly make fun of someone; to signify.
noun
- 1
Initialism of special interest group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sig come from?
Clipping of signature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).