significar

[siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]

/[siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“significar” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,186
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ser una cosa, por naturaleza, imitación o convenio, representación, indicio o signo de otra cosa distinta.

Corpus desk

Index ES-significar · significar · Spanish

significar · rank #8,186 · 16 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,186
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentencias

Nearest frequency peer: sentencias (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “significar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “significar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

significar vs significará
91% similar
significar vs significaría
83% similar
significar vs significaron
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for significar
PropertyValue
Headwordsignificar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,186
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “significar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).significarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “sentencias” (#8,185), “sometido” (#8,187), “sensibles” (#8,184). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “significar” va en #8,186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around significar (IPA [siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,186 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for significar, with forms such as "cignificar", "isgnificar", and "sginificar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "significará", "significaría", "significaron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is significar, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser una cosa, por naturaleza, imitación o convenio, representación, indicio o signo de otra cosa distinta.
  2. 2
    Ser una palabra o frase expresión o signo de una idea o de un pensamiento, o de una cosa material.
  3. 3
    Dar a entender o hacer saber; declarar o manifestar una cosa.
  4. 4
    Representar una cosa a otra.
  5. 5
    Tener este o el otro sentido.
  6. 6
    Intimar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how significar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esta fábula significa que con los malos y perversos de nada sirve la verdad ni la razón.

This word in other languages

significar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cignificar
  • isgnificar
  • sginificar
  • siggnificar
  • siginficar
  • signfiicar
  • signifciar
  • signifficar
  • signifiacr
  • significarr
  • significcar
  • significra
  • signiifcar
  • signnificar
  • singificar
  • ssignificar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of significar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cignificar1isgnificar2sginificar2siggnificar1siginficar2signfiicar2signifciar2signifficar1
Edit distance from "significar"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "significar"?
"significar" is spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ].
What does "significar" mean?
As a verb, "significar" means: Ser una cosa, por naturaleza, imitación o convenio, representación, indicio o signo de otra cosa distinta.
What words are commonly confused with "significar"?
"significar" is commonly confused with "significará", "significaría", "significaron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "significar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "significar" is [siɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "significar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "significar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sentencias#8,185zapatillas#8,204provocando#8,167abundancia#8,207

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

sensibles16 variantscomprobado16 variantsinstancias16 variantscooperativa16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list