signet
/ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/noun
signet is spelled S-I-G-N-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, signet means “An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of signet is signets.
How many letters and syllables are in signet?
| Letters | 6: S-I-G-N-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 signet?
Signet appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 signet?
- US /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/
Signet has 2 syllables (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: En-us-cygnet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with signet
Sounds like: cygnet (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with signet?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as signet (/ɪɡnɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ingest.
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 signet
- signets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does signet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into the sealing wax of a document as a proof of its origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Signet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense object used to impress a picture into sealing wax:
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 signet come from?
From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).