signor

\si.ɲɔʁ\

/\si.ɲɔʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“signor” is uncommon French (frequency #51,133 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,133
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-signor · signor · French

signor · rank #51,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,133
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sidéral

Nearest frequency peer: sidéral (-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 « signor »

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 « signor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for signor
PropertyValue
Headwordsignor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ɲɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « signor » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).signortombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sidéral » (#51,132), « sixties » (#51,134), « shun » (#51,131). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « signor » est au #51,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

signor is uncommon French at frequency #51,133 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ɲɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monsieur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for signor in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is signor, spelled S-I-G-N-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monsieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. — Mais pas trop, car il faudra danser, et puis sauter, et puis marcher, et puis après avoir marché, sauter encore ; enfin il prendra place dans la troupe du signor Vitalis.

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 "signor"?
"signor" is spelled S-I-G-N-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ɲɔʁ\.
What does "signor" mean?
As a noun, "signor" means: Monsieur.
How do you pronounce "signor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "signor" is \si.ɲɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "signor" come from?
"signor" 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 "signor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list