signe
\siɲ\
The verdict
“signe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,097
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indice ou marque d’une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-signe · signe · French
signe · rank #1,097 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,097
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH revenir
Nearest frequency peer: revenir (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “signe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ouvert
ouvert
98,907 corpus weight
- protection
protection
98,906 corpus weight
- revenir
revenir
98,905 corpus weight
- signe
signe
98,904 corpus weight
- Suisse
Suisse
98,903 corpus weight
- tenir
tenir
98,902 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “signe” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | signe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siɲ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “signe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around signe (IPA \siɲ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,097 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for signe, with forms such as "isgne", "sgine", and "sigen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sin", "site", "sire", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is signe, spelled S-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Indice ou marque d’une chose.
- 2Ce qui sert à représenter une chose.
- 3Certaines marques ou taches naturelles qu’on a sur la peau.
- 4Certaines démonstrations extérieures que l’on fait pour donner à connaître ce que l’on pense ou ce que l’on veut.
- 5Miracle.
- 6Phénomènes que l’on voit quelquefois dans le ciel et qu’on regarde comme des sortes de présages.
- 7Chacune des douze parties de l’écliptique que le Soleil semble parcourir dans l’intervalle d’une année tropique.
- 8Unité de mesure d’angle plan, égale à la douzième partie du cercle, soit 30 degrés.
- 9Unité linguistique constituée d’une partie physique, matérielle, le signifiant, et d’une partie abstraite, conceptuelle, le signifié.
- 10Catégorie regroupant les lettres, signes de ponctuation et les espaces utilisés pour composer un texte. Le signe est une unité fréquemment utilisée pour quantifier le volume d'un texte, le travail à faire sur un texte (écriture, maquettage, traduction).
- 11Évier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how signe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est mauvais signe, prédit la vieille Griotte à la grande Phémie. L’autre se signa gravement.
Que le nombre important de naissances illégitimes soit une marque d’immoralité, je le veux bien ; encore est-il qu’il faut faire des distinctions et examiner si ce n’est pas plutôt un signe d’irrégularité que d’immoralité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isgne
- sgine
- sigen
- siggne
- signne
- ssigne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "signe", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "signe". Here's where to go from here.
- "signe" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "sin". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,097 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.