signifies
/ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪz/
"signifies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“signifies” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,971
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of signify
Corpus desk
Index EN-signifies · signifies · English
signifies · rank #19,971 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,971
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH skates
Nearest frequency peer: skates (+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 “signifies”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sensations
sensations
80,033 corpus weight
- sequential
sequential
80,032 corpus weight
- signifies
signifies
80,030 corpus weight
- skates
skates
80,029 corpus weight
- smelly
smelly
80,028 corpus weight
- sorta
sorta
80,026 corpus weight
What this shows “signifies” 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 | signifies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “signifies”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around signifies (IPA /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,971 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of signify".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for signifies, with forms such as "isgnifies", "sginifies", and "siggnifies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "signified", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is signifies, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of signify
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isgnifies
- sginifies
- siggnifies
- siginfies
- signfiies
- signifeis
- signiffies
- signifiess
- signifise
- signiifes
- signnifies
- singifies
- ssignifies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signifies - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 (13 here; floor ≥5).