sigh

Name: sigh, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\saɪ\

/\saɪ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sigh” is uncommon French (frequency #88,095 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,095
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soupir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sigh · sigh · French

sigh · rank #88,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #88,095
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH SIB

Nearest frequency peer: SIB (-1 rank slots)

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.

Shams

11,910
Shaquille

11,909
shari

11,908
SIB

11,907
sigh

11,906
signalaient

11,904

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sigh » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for sigh
Property	Value
Headword	sigh
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\saɪ\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#88,095
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sigh » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sightombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#88,095

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « SIB » (#88,094), « shari » (#88,093), « signalaient » (#88,097). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sigh » est au #88,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sigh is uncommon French at frequency #88,095 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \saɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sigh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sigh, spelled S-I-G-H.

Definition

1
Soupir.
2
Respir.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sigh"?

"sigh" is spelled S-I-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is \saɪ\.

What does "sigh" mean?

As a noun, "sigh" means: Soupir.

How do you pronounce "sigh"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sigh" is \saɪ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sigh" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sigh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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