sigamosvssignosTell them apart

Quick tell: sigamos is a verb, signos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sigamos” is a verb and “signos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,916
“sigamos” frequency rank
#4,553
“signos” frequency rank
12469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sigamos signos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de seguir. Forma del plural de signo.

Where the eye mixes sigamos and signos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sigamos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against signos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sigamos
6 ch
signos

Visual trap between sigamos and signos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sigamos is [siˈɣ̞amos] while signos is [ˈsiɣ̞nos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sigamos is recorded at frequency rank #7,916, classified as averb, pronounced [siˈɣ̞amos]. signos is at rank #4,553, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞nos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 12469, this pair ranks #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sigamos vs signos

Shared letters: gios. Private to "sigamos": am. Private to "signos": n.

"sigamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "signos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sigamos ← cigamos · isgamos · sgiamos · siagmos · sigammos · sigamoss · sigamso · sigaoms
  • signos ← cignos · isgnos · sginos · siggnos · signnos · signoss · signso · sigons

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sigamos" for "signos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sigamos" is a verb and "signos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sigamos" or "signos" show up more?
"signos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,553 in our Spanish list, against #7,916 for "sigamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sigamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "signos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sigamos" and "signos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigamos vs sintamos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #291,445 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list