sing
\ˈsɪŋ\
The verdict
“sing” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,371
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chanter (avec sa voix).
Corpus desk
Index FR-sing · sing · French
sing · rank #23,371 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,371
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH signifierait
Nearest frequency peer: signifierait (-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 « sing »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- signataire
signataire
76,632 corpus weight
- signifierait
signifierait
76,631 corpus weight
- sing
sing
76,630 corpus weight
- snake
snake
76,629 corpus weight
- sollicités
sollicités
76,628 corpus weight
- solos
solos
76,627 corpus weight
What this shows « sing » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sing |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈsɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sing »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around sing (IPA \ˈsɪŋ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,371 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for sing, with forms such as "isng", "singg", and "sinng". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sn", "son", "six", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sing, spelled S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Chanter (avec sa voix).
- 2Écrire un poème.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isng
- singg
- sinng
- snig
- ssing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).