signage
sign·age/ˈsaɪnɪd͡ʒ/noun
signage is spelled S-I-G-N-A-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sign·age). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, signage means “Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of signage is signages.
How many letters and syllables are in signage?
| Letters | 7: S-I-G-N-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sign·age |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is signage?
Signage appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce signage?
- US /ˈsaɪnɪd͡ʒ/
Signage has 2 syllables, split sign·age in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-signage.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of signage
- signages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does signage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Signs, particularly those imparting commercial, directional, or road traffic information, taken collectively.
The signage at the airport is designed to point the way clearly to important locations.
- 2
IndiaA sign, a signboard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Signage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense signs taken collectively:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | signalisation, fléchage |
| German | Beschilderung |
| Portuguese | sinalização |
| Spanish | rotulación, señalización, señalética |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does signage come from?
From sign + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).