signa
/ˈsɪɡnə/
"signa" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“signa” is uncommon English (frequency #99,863 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,863
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of signum
Corpus desk
Index EN-signa · signa · English
signa · rank #99,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,863
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Siew
Nearest frequency peer: Siew (-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 “signa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sidetrack
sidetrack
141 corpus weight
- Siew
Siew
139 corpus weight
- signa
signa
138 corpus weight
- Siliguri
Siliguri
137 corpus weight
- Sindy
Sindy
136 corpus weight
- sinter
sinter
135 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “signa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɡnə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “signa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
signa is uncommon English at frequency #99,863 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɪɡnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of signum".
signa has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum. The correct English form is signa, spelled S-I-G-N-A.
Definition
- 1plural of signum
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum.
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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