# signing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,654

## Definitions
1. The act of concluding a contract, especially by an athlete or entertainer with a company.
2. A player signed by a sporting organization.
3. An event held in a bookshop etc. where copies of a book are signed by the author.
4. The use of sign language; skill at using a sign language.

## Easily confused with
- **sizing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sizing)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sitting)
- **singing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-singing)
- **sinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sinking)
- **sipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sipping)
- **stoning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-stoning)
- **sinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-sinning)
- **spinning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-spinning)
- **singling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signing-vs-singling)
- **siding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siding-vs-signing)
- **shining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shining-vs-signing)
- **sibling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sibling-vs-signing)
- **signify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signify-vs-signing)
- **sagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sagging-vs-signing)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifting-vs-signing)
- **sighing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sighing-vs-signing)
- **sighting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sighting-vs-signing)
- **signaling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/signaling-vs-signing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`isgning`, `sgining`, `siggning`, `siginng`, `signign`, `signingg`, `signinng`, `signnig`, `signning`, `ssigning`

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