signified

noun

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"signified" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“signified” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,222
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.

Corpus desk

Index EN-signified · signified · English

signified · rank #37,222 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,222
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH sicker

Nearest frequency peer: sicker (-1 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 “signified”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “signified” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

signified vs signifies
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for signified
PropertyValue
Headwordsignified
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,222
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “signified”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).signifiedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “sicker” (#37,221), “simi” (#37,223), “Sita” (#37,224). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “signified” is #37,222. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around signified, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,222 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for signified, with forms such as "isgnified", "sginified", and "siggnified". 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, "signifies", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is signified, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how signified appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Here things are getting better and better for women and people of color, and gay men and lesbians, more and more integrated and open, and all you can think about is some stupid, lame problem with signifiers and signifieds.
  2. In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.

This word in other languages

signifié(Français)Signifikat(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgnified
  • sginified
  • siggnified
  • siginfied
  • signfiied
  • signifeid
  • signiffied
  • signifide
  • signifiedd
  • signiifed
  • signnified
  • singified
  • ssignified

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signified - 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.

isgnified2sginified2siggnified1siginfied2signfiied2signifeid2signiffied1signifide2
Edit distance from "signified"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "signified"?
"signified" is spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-E-D.
What does "signified" mean?
As a noun, "signified" means: The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.
What words are commonly confused with "signified"?
"signified" is commonly confused with "signifies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "signified" come from?
"signified" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "signified", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schilling#37,215surpluses#37,240resonator#37,199traceable#37,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

undamaged13 variantsunrivalled13 variantspolitburo13 variantsworkhouse13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list