Singapore
\sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\
The verdict
“Singapore” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #42,620 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #42,620
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Singapour, pays insulaire asiatique, situé entre la Malaisie et l’Indonésie et bordant le détroit de Johor au nord et le détroit de Singapour au sud.
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 | Singapore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Singapore” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Singapore is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,620 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Singapore, with forms such as "isngapore", "signapore", and "sinagpore". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Singapour", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Singapore, spelled S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Singapour, pays insulaire asiatique, situé entre la Malaisie et l’Indonésie et bordant le détroit de Johor au nord et le détroit de Singapour au sud.
- 2Singapour, la capitale de ce pays.
- 3Singapour, fleuve de ce pays.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: isngapore,signapore,sinagpore,singaopre,singapoer,singaporre,singappore,singaproe,singgapore,singpaore,sinngapore,snigapore,ssingapore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Singapore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Singapore"
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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PlainSpell, “Singapore, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/singapore
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Using “Singapore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Singapour” - see the side-by-side comparison. Singapore vs Singapour
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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