signo

/[ˈsiɣ̞no]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,118

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

signo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Señal, indicio. Pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞no]. It ranks #4,118 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sin and sino.

Key facts for signo
PropertyValue
Headwordsigno
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiɣ̞no]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,118
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of signo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for signo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiɣ̞no]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,118 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for signo, with forms such as "cigno", "isgno", and "sgino". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sin", "sino", "sigo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is signo, spelled S-I-G-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Señal, indicio.
  2. 2
    Cosa que evoca o representa a otra.
  3. 3
    Carácter empleado en la escritura.
  4. 4
    Carácter con que se escribe la música.
  5. 5
    Señal de cálculo para indicar la naturaleza de las cantidades.
  6. 6
    Cada una de las doce divisiones del Zodíaco.
  7. 7
    Destino, hado.
  8. 8
    Signo lingüístico: Asociación arbitraria entre un significante y un significado y que constituye la unidad mínima de la lengua.
  9. 9
    Algo característico.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cigno,isgno,sgino,siggno,signno,sigon,singo,ssigno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for signo

Misspelling Variants of "signo"

cigno5isgno5sgino5siggno6signno6sigon5singo5ssigno6
Misspelling Variants of "signo"

Frequency rank: #4,118 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "signo"?
"signo" is spelled S-I-G-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiɣ̞no].
What does "signo" mean?
As a noun, "signo" means: Señal, indicio.
What words are commonly confused with "signo"?
"signo" is commonly confused with "sin", "sino", "sigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "signo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signo" is [ˈsiɣ̞no]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signo" come from?
"signo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.