Singapore
\sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\
The verdict
“Singapore” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,620
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Singapore (IPA \sin.ɡa.ˈpɔ.re\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,620 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Singapore, spelled S-I-N-G-A-P-O-R-E.
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 - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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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
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.