singe
/sɪnd͡ʒ/verb, noun
singe is spelled S-I-N-G-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “sing vs singe” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, singe means “To burn slightly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in singe?
| Letters | 5: S-I-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is singe?
Singe appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce singe?
- /sɪnd͡ʒ/
Singe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-singe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with singe
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: sing.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with singe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as singe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sengi.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of singe
- singes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- singeing participle, present
- singed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does singe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To burn slightly.
- 2
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
- 3
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
noun
- 1
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Singe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | roussir |
| German | ansengen, versengen , absengen |
| Portuguese | chamuscar |
| Spanish | chamuscar, flamear |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does singe come from?
From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).