cosigner
\kɔ.si.ɲe\
The verdict
“cosigner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signer une œuvre, un écrit avec une ou plusieurs autres personnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cosigner · cosigner · French
cosigner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cosigner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ.si.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cosigner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cosigner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ.si.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signer une œuvre, un écrit avec une ou plusieurs autres personnes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cosigner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cosigner, spelled C-O-S-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Signer une œuvre, un écrit avec une ou plusieurs autres personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cosigner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mouvement HLM et associations de locataires cosignent une charte anticrise énergétique
À peine nommé, je cosignai, avec le directeur de l’enseignement secondaire, une circulaire pour proposer à des professeurs de toutes disciplines, de lycées et de collèges, des stages de formation à l’informatique.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.