sigan vs sign, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,150
“sigan” frequency rank: #36,292
“sign” frequency rank: 39442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sigan	sign
Definition	Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de seguir.	Señal.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sigan and sign apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

sigan

4 ch

sign

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sigan is [ˈsiɣ̞ãn] while sign is /saɪn/. 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 39442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sigan is recorded at frequency rank #3,150, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞ãn]. sign is at rank #36,292, tagged as anoun, pronounced /saɪn/.

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 39442, this pair ranks #164,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sigan vs sign

Shared letters: gins. Private to "sigan": a. Private to "sign": -.

"sigan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sign" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

sigan ← cigan · isgan · sgian · siagn · sigann · siggan · signa · ssigan
sign ← cign · isgn · sgin · siggn · signn · ssign

Frequency comparison

sigan#3,150

sign#36,292

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sigan" and "sign" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sigan" is a verb and "sign" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "sigan" or "sign"?

"sigan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,150 in our Spanish list, against #36,292 for "sign". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering sigan vs sign

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “sigan”; for a noun, it's “sign”.
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