significations

\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“significations” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,815
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de signification.

Corpus desk

Index FR-significations · significations · French

significations · rank #17,815 · 21 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,815
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH servez

Nearest frequency peer: servez (-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 « significations »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « significations » 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).

significations vs significatives
86% similar
significations vs signification
93% similar
significations vs significatifs
86% similar

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

Key facts for significations
PropertyValue
Headwordsignifications
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#17,815
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « significations »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.significationsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « servez » (#17,814), « simplifié » (#17,816), « savoureux » (#17,813). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « significations » est au #17,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around significations (IPA \si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,815 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de signification.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for significations, with forms such as "isgnifications", "sginifications", and "siggnifications". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "significatives", "signification", "significatifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is significations, spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de signification.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et au risque de trop « rabelaisianiser » Perec, il nous semble aujourd’hui que les réflexions que nous avons faites alors au sujet de l’œuvre de Rabelais s’appliquent aussi à La Vie mode d’emploi : « Prometteuse de significations profondes, l’écriture rabelaisienne détient-elle un sens abscons, ou n’en est-elle que le simulacre ? Est-elle mystère ou mysti…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isgnifications
  • sginifications
  • siggnifications
  • siginfications
  • signfiications
  • signifciations
  • signiffications
  • signifiactions
  • significaitons
  • significatinos
  • significationns
  • significationss
  • significatiosn
  • significatoins
  • significattions
  • significcations
  • significtaions
  • signiifcations
  • signnifications
  • singifications
  • ssignifications

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of significations - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

isgnifications2sginifications2siggnifications1siginfications2signfiications2signifciations2signiffications1signifiactions2
Edit distance from "significations"

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 "significations"?
"significations" is spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "significations" mean?
As a noun, "significations" means: Pluriel de signification.
What words are commonly confused with "significations"?
"significations" is commonly confused with "significatives", "signification", "significatifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "significations"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "significations" 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 "significations" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list