significant
\si.ɲi.fi.kɑ̃t\
The verdict
“significant” is uncommon French (frequency #89,173 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,173
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Qui possède une importance ; significatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-significant · significant · French
significant · rank #89,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,173
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sibériens
Nearest frequency peer: sibériens (-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 « significant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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shoulder
10,831 corpus weight
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shuriken
10,830 corpus weight
- sibériens
sibériens
10,829 corpus weight
- significant
significant
10,828 corpus weight
- Simmonds
Simmonds
10,826 corpus weight
- Simonetta
Simonetta
10,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « significant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | significant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.ɲi.fi.kɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « significant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
significant is uncommon French at frequency #89,173 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.ɲi.fi.kɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Qui possède une importance ; significatif.".
Zero misspellings are on record for significant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is significant, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1ou Qui possède une importance ; significatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how significant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce test est compris comme un double fond. Il est significant, car il fera parti des transactions les plus profitables que vous ferez en options hebdomadaires.
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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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