sign

\saɪn\

/\saɪn\/ noun

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The verdict

“sign” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,257
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Panneau (routier, de rue) ; panonceau ; pancarte (sur un mur, une vitrine, etc.) ; affiche (publicitaire), écriteau (handmade sign).

Corpus desk

Index FR-sign · sign · French

sign · rank #31,257 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,257
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sidérurgie

Nearest frequency peer: sidérurgie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sign »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sign » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sign vs sn
50% similar
sign vs son
50% similar
sign vs six
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sign
PropertyValue
Headwordsign
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\saɪn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,257
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sign »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).signse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sidérurgie » (#31,256), « signalements » (#31,258), « sensés » (#31,255). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sign » est au #31,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around sign (IPA \saɪn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,257 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sign, with forms such as "isgn", "sgin", and "siggn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sn", "son", "six", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sign, spelled S-I-G-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Panneau (routier, de rue) ; panonceau ; pancarte (sur un mur, une vitrine, etc.) ; affiche (publicitaire), écriteau (handmade sign).
  2. 2
    Enseigne (emblème).
  3. 3
    Signe, indication, preuve, témoignage.
  4. 4
    Signal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sign appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Since the Middle Ages, the sign for a barber has been a pole with red and white stripes.
  2. sign of the times

Synonyms

insignia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgn
  • sgin
  • siggn
  • signn
  • ssign

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sign - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

isgn2sgin2siggn1signn1ssign1
Edit distance from "sign"

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 "sign"?
"sign" is spelled S-I-G-N. The IPA pronunciation is \saɪn\.
What does "sign" mean?
As a noun, "sign" means: Panneau (routier, de rue) ; panonceau ; pancarte (sur un mur, une vitrine, etc.) ; affiche (publicitaire), écriteau (handmade sign).
What words are commonly confused with "sign"?
"sign" is commonly confused with "sn", "son", "six". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sign"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sign" is \saɪn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sign" come from?
"sign" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sana#31,252sofa#31,263tail#31,275thés#31,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

rift5 variantsnour5 variantsmouse5 variantscassie5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list