signos

/[ˈsiɣ̞nos]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,553

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

signos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de signo. Pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞nos]. It ranks #4,553 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sino and sigo.

Key facts for signos
PropertyValue
Headwordsignos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiɣ̞nos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,553
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for signos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiɣ̞nos]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,553 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de signo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for signos, with forms such as "cignos", "isgnos", and "sginos". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "sino", "sigo", "silos", 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 signos, spelled S-I-G-N-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de signo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cignos,isgnos,sginos,siggnos,signnos,signoss,signso,sigons,singos,ssignos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for signos

Misspelling Variants of "signos"

cignos6isgnos6sginos6siggnos7signnos7signoss7signso6sigons6
Misspelling Variants of "signos"

Frequency rank: #4,553 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "signos"?
"signos" is spelled S-I-G-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiɣ̞nos].
What does "signos" mean?
As a noun, "signos" means: Forma del plural de signo.
What words are commonly confused with "signos"?
"signos" is commonly confused with "sino", "sigo", "silos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "signos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signos" is [ˈsiɣ̞nos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signos" come from?
"signos" 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.