signification
/ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
"signification" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“signification” is uncommon English (frequency #82,785 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,785
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-signification · signification · English
signification · rank #82,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,785
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sitewide
Nearest frequency peer: sitewide (+3 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 “signification”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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17,222 corpus weight
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17,221 corpus weight
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17,220 corpus weight
- significati…
signification
17,216 corpus weight
- sitewide
sitewide
17,213 corpus weight
- SNCC
SNCC
17,210 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “signification” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signification |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #82,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “signification” in English
Rare enough to double-check
signification is uncommon English at frequency #82,785 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
signification doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō. The correct English form is signification, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
- 2Evidence for the existence of something.
- 3A meaning of a word.
Etymology
From Old French significacion, from Latin significātiō.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).