# signet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪɡ.nɪt/ · frequency rank #43,370

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).

## Easily confused with
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-sine)
- **signs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-signs)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-sinner)
- **signup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-signup)
- **sonnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-sonnet)
- **signor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-signor)
- **Skynet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-skynet)
- **singlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signet-vs-singlet)
- **sign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sign-vs-signet)
- **sight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sight-vs-signet)
- **signed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signed-vs-signet)
- **signal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signal-vs-signet)
- **Sidney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidney-vs-signet)
- **sighed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sighed-vs-signet)
- **signer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signer-vs-signet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`isgnet`, `sginet`, `sigent`, `siggnet`, `signett`, `signnet`, `signte`, `singet`, `ssignet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/signet