signer

\si.ɲe\

/\si.ɲe\/ verb

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The verdict

“signer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,365
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revêtir de sa signature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-signer · signer · French

signer · rank #3,365 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,365
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH seuil

Nearest frequency peer: seuil (-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 « signer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « signer » 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).

signer vs sine
67% similar
signer vs sonner
67% similar
signer vs signés
67% similar

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

Key facts for signer
PropertyValue
Headwordsigner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\si.ɲe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,365
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « signer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).signerse 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 « seuil » (#3,364), « solo » (#3,366), « secteurs » (#3,363). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « signer » est au #3,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around signer (IPA \si.ɲe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,365 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for signer, with forms such as "isgner", "sginer", and "sigenr". 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, "sine", "sonner", "signés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is signer, spelled S-I-G-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Revêtir de sa signature.
  2. 2
    Avaliser, endosser un acte en y apposant une signature.
  3. 3
    Action de signer, de marquer un mot ou une partie du texte dans un wiki ou un document électronique par cliquer ou cliquer et tirer.
  4. 4
    Indiquer par un signe.
  5. 5
    S’engager ; contracter.
  6. 6
    Revendiquer un acte, y laisser une empreinte singulière volontairement reconnaissable.
  7. 7
    Communiquer en langue des signes.
  8. 8
    Engager, recruter en parlant d’un sportif ou d’un artiste.
  9. 9
    Être l’auteur ou l’autrice de.
  10. 10
    Causer de manière définitive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un gardien dont le rôle était de donner aux croque-morts décharge, sur un registre, des cercueils qu'il avait comptés et vu inhumer, signa le livre et apposa son timbre en marge.
  2. Remarquez bien, mes enfants déclare le grand-père, qui ne sait ni A ni B, signe à peine son nom, mais calcule de tête comme un notaire, tout le mal monte de la Vallée, et toujours.

Synonyms

initialiserparapher

Antonyms

oraliser

This word in other languages

sign(English)firmar(Español)unterschreiben(Deutsch)assinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgner
  • sginer
  • sigenr
  • siggner
  • signerr
  • signner
  • signre
  • ssigner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of signer - 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.

isgner2sginer2sigenr2siggner1signerr1signner1signre2ssigner1
Edit distance from "signer"

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 "signer"?
"signer" is spelled S-I-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲe\.
What does "signer" mean?
As a verb, "signer" means: Revêtir de sa signature.
What words are commonly confused with "signer"?
"signer" is commonly confused with "sine", "sonner", "signés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "signer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signer" is \si.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signer" come from?
"signer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scènes#3,362voyant#3,374privés#3,354accent#3,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

attirer8 variantspierres8 variantsChris8 variantsindice8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list