signatory
/ˈsɪɡ.nə.tɹi/
"signatory" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“signatory” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,179
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who signs or has signed something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-signatory · signatory · English
signatory · rank #32,179 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,179
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sinha
Nearest frequency peer: Sinha (+2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “signatory”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- selenium
selenium
67,827 corpus weight
- Sewell
Sewell
67,825 corpus weight
- signatory
signatory
67,822 corpus weight
- Sinha
Sinha
67,820 corpus weight
- siphon
siphon
67,819 corpus weight
- Skelton
Skelton
67,818 corpus weight
What this shows “signatory” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signatory |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɡ.nə.tɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “signatory”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around signatory (IPA /ˈsɪɡ.nə.tɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,179 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who signs or has signed something.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for signatory, with forms such as "isgnatory", "sginatory", and "sigantory". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "signature", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin signatorius. The correct English form is signatory, spelled S-I-G-N-A-T-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1One who signs or has signed something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how signatory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: undersigned, subscriber
John Hancock is famous for being the first signatory to the American Declaration of Independence, and for writing his name large.
Etymology
From Latin signatorius.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isgnatory
- sginatory
- sigantory
- siggnatory
- signaotry
- signatorry
- signatoryy
- signatoyr
- signatroy
- signattory
- signnatory
- signtaory
- singatory
- ssignatory
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signatory - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).