signant

\si.ɲɑ̃\

/\si.ɲɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“signant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,067
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de signer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-signant · signant · French

signant · rank #18,067 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,067
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH shell

Nearest frequency peer: shell (-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 « signant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « signant » 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).

signant vs signaux
71% similar
signant vs signent
86% similar
signant vs situant
71% similar

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

Key facts for signant
PropertyValue
Headwordsignant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\si.ɲɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,067
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « signant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).signantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « shell » (#18,066), « signent » (#18,068), « sereine » (#18,065). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « signant » est au #18,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around signant (IPA \si.ɲɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,067 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de signer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for signant, with forms such as "isgnant", "sginant", and "sigannt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "signaux", "signent", "situant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists 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 signant, spelled S-I-G-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de signer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les Britanniques revendiquent l'archipel : ils établissent leur souveraineté en 1840 en signant avec des chefs maoris le traité de Waitangi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgnant
  • sginant
  • sigannt
  • siggnant
  • signannt
  • signantt
  • signatn
  • signnant
  • signnat
  • singant
  • ssignant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

isgnant2sginant2sigannt2siggnant1signannt1signantt1signatn2signnant1
Edit distance from "signant"

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 "signant"?
"signant" is spelled S-I-G-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲɑ̃\.
What does "signant" mean?
As a verb, "signant" means: Participe présent de signer.
What words are commonly confused with "signant"?
"signant" is commonly confused with "signaux", "signent", "situant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "signant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signant" is \si.ɲɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signant" come from?
"signant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

signent#18,068sereine#18,065royauté#18,050rennais#18,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

rustique11 variantséponyme11 variantsétatique11 variantsétudiées11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list