# singer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪŋə/ · frequency rank #2,916

## Definitions
1. A person who sings, often professionally.
2. dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

## Easily confused with
- **Singh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-singh)
- **sings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sings)
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sneer)
- **single** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-single)
- **sister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sister)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sinner)
- **sitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sitter)
- **singly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-singly)
- **sinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sinker)
- **singles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-singles)
- **singers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-singers)
- **skinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-skinner)
- **spinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-spinner)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-stinger)
- **swinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-swinger)
- **singlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-singlet)
- **springer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-springer)
- **stringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-stringer)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sing-vs-singer)
- **sine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sine-vs-singer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`isnger`, `sinegr`, `singerr`, `singger`, `singre`, `sinnger`, `sniger`, `ssinger`

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