zodiac sign

noun

"zodiac-sign" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“zodiac sign” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.

Key facts for zodiac sign
PropertyValue
Headwordzodiac sign
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “zodiac sign” sits in English frequency

zodiac sign falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zodiac sign is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zodiac sign, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is zodiac sign, spelled Z-O-D-I-A-C- -S-I-G-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.

Synonyms

sign of the zodiac

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zodiac sign"?
"zodiac sign" is spelled Z-O-D-I-A-C- -S-I-G-N.
What does "zodiac sign" mean?
As a noun, "zodiac sign" means: Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.
What language does "zodiac sign" come from?
"zodiac sign" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “zodiac sign”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is Z-O-D-I-A-C- -S-I-G-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list