signification

\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“signification” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,703
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce que signifie une chose ; sens attaché à une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-signification · signification · French

signification · rank #5,703 · 19 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,703
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sensibilité

Nearest frequency peer: sensibilité (-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 « signification »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « signification » 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).

signification vs significative
85% similar
signification vs significations
93% similar
signification vs significatif
85% similar

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

Key facts for signification
PropertyValue
Headwordsignification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#5,703
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « signification »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).significationse 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 « sensibilité » (#5,702), « situés » (#5,704), « repartir » (#5,701). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « signification » est au #5,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around signification (IPA \si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,703 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for signification, with forms such as "isgnification", "sginification", and "siggnification". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "significative", "significations", "significatif", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is signification, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce que signifie une chose ; sens attaché à une chose.
  2. 2
    Notification que l’on fait, connaissance que l’on donne d’un arrêt, d’un jugement, d’un acte, par voie judiciaire et légale, par ministère d’huissier.
  3. 3
    Corrélation entre le signifiant et le signifié.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les vieux symboles chrétiens, tant expliqués, tant traduits, présentent à l’esprit, dès qu’on les voit, une signification trop claire. Ce sont des symboles austères de mort, de mortification.
  2. On aura fait un grand pas dans la voie du bon sens le jour où l’on consentira à donner aux mots et aux actes leur véritable signification […] à ne point prendre systématiquement […] le contre-pied, en tout et pour tout, des expressions les plus courantes et des idées généralement admises.

Synonyms

valeur sémantique

This word in other languages

meaning(English)acepción(Español)Bezeichnung(Deutsch)sentido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgnification
  • sginification
  • siggnification
  • siginfication
  • signfiication
  • signifciation
  • signiffication
  • signifiaction
  • significaiton
  • significatino
  • significationn
  • significatoin
  • significattion
  • significcation
  • significtaion
  • signiifcation
  • signnification
  • singification
  • ssignification

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isgnification2sginification2siggnification1siginfication2signfiication2signifciation2signiffication1signifiaction2
Edit distance from "signification"

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 "signification"?
"signification" is spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "signification" mean?
As a noun, "signification" means: Ce que signifie une chose ; sens attaché à une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "signification"?
"signification" is commonly confused with "significative", "significations", "significatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "signification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signification" is \si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signification" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

renouvellement19 variantsperspectives19 variantsmarchandises19 variantsinscriptions19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list