signet

\si.ɲɛ\

/\si.ɲɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“signet” is uncommon French (frequency #75,233 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,233
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ruban, collé au dos de l’assemblage des cahiers d’un livre, qui ressort du tranchefile de tête, et sert à marquer une page pour y reprendre la lecture ou s’y référer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-signet · signet · French

signet · rank #75,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,233
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH signaient

Nearest frequency peer: signaient (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « signet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « signet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for signet
PropertyValue
Headwordsignet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ɲɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,233
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « signet » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.signettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « signaient » (#75,232), « simagrées » (#75,234), « Simeoni » (#75,236). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « signet » est au #75,233. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

signet is uncommon French at frequency #75,233 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ɲɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

signet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 signet, spelled S-I-G-N-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ruban, collé au dos de l’assemblage des cahiers d’un livre, qui ressort du tranchefile de tête, et sert à marquer une page pour y reprendre la lecture ou s’y référer.
  2. 2
    Marque-page en forme de petit ruban.
  3. 3
    Marque-page.
  4. 4
    Clé de cluster : pointeur d'index non-cluster vers une ligne d'une table ou d'un index cluster.
  5. 5
    Onglet.
  6. 6
    Chevalière, anneau qu'on portait à son doigt, et avec lequel on scellait les affaires courantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ouvrez ce livre à la page où j’ai mis le signet.
  2. Nine parla des livres, des coiffes, des cuirs, des nerfs et des signets, des chasses de queue et des chants du plat, Hélène éclata de rire, Nine se joignit à elle.

This word in other languages

bookmark(English)marcapáginas(Español)Lesezeichen(Deutsch)aba(Português)

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 "signet"?
"signet" is spelled S-I-G-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲɛ\.
What does "signet" mean?
As a noun, "signet" means: Ruban, collé au dos de l’assemblage des cahiers d’un livre, qui ressort du tranchefile de tête, et sert à marquer une page pour y reprendre la lecture ou s’y référer.
How do you pronounce "signet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signet" is \si.ɲɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list