signaler
\si.ɲa.le\
The verdict
“signaler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,379
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-signaler · signaler · French
signaler · rank #4,379 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,379
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH serveur
Nearest frequency peer: serveur (-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 « signaler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Scott
Scott
95,625 corpus weight
- secondaires
secondaires
95,624 corpus weight
- serveur
serveur
95,623 corpus weight
- signaler
signaler
95,622 corpus weight
- sixième
sixième
95,621 corpus weight
- suffisant
suffisant
95,620 corpus weight
What this shows « signaler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | signaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \si.ɲa.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,379 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « signaler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around signaler (IPA \si.ɲa.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,379 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for signaler, with forms such as "isgnaler", "sginaler", and "siganler". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "signer", "signalés", "signalez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 signaler, spelled S-I-G-N-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose.
- 2Indiquer par un signal.
- 3Faire remarquer.
- 4Se distinguer, se rendre célèbre : on le dit en bonne et en mauvaise part.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how signaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut signaler une analogie entre la mer Noire et la mer Baltique, c’est la faible salure des eaux.
Mais vainement avait-on fouillé les bois et dragué les rivières; vainement avait-on signalé à toutes les autorités du département les deux étrangères.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isgnaler
- sginaler
- siganler
- siggnaler
- signaelr
- signalerr
- signaller
- signalre
- signlaer
- signnaler
- singaler
- ssignaler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signaler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "signaler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).