singe

\sɛ̃ʒ\

/\sɛ̃ʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“singe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,628
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mammifère de l’ordre des Primates, hors l’Homme, hors le lémurien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-singe · singe · French

singe · rank #7,628 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,628
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH silencieux

Nearest frequency peer: silencieux (-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 « singe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « singe » 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).

singe vs site
60% similar
singe vs sire
60% similar
singe vs song
60% similar

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

Key facts for singe
PropertyValue
Headwordsinge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃ʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,628
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « singe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).singese 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 « silencieux » (#7,627), « soumission » (#7,629), « sauvegarde » (#7,626). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « singe » est au #7,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around singe (IPA \sɛ̃ʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,628 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for singe, with forms such as "isnge", "sineg", and "singge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "site", "sire", "song", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is singe, spelled S-I-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mammifère de l’ordre des Primates, hors l’Homme, hors le lémurien.
  2. 2
    Mammifère de l’ordre des Primates, l’homme inclus.
  3. 3
    Fourrure de certains de ces primates, comme le colobe.
  4. 4
    Personne qui contrefait, qui imite les gestes, les actions, les manières, le style d’autrui.
  5. 5
    Machine qui sert à élever et à descendre des fardeaux, et qui est formée d’un treuil tournant sur deux chevalets ou sur deux montants.
  6. 6
    Patron, supérieur hiérarchique.
  7. 7
    Protecteur, celui qui entretient une femme.
  8. 8
    Bœuf en conserve, corned-beef.
  9. 9
    Casse-croûte.
  10. 10
    Habitant de la vallée de la Rance (Ille-et-Vilaine) dite « la vallée des singes » car elle fournissait aux voiliers des jeunes hommes pour grimper dans les voilures avec agilité.
  11. 11
    Pantographe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le maquasipa fut mangé au repas du soir, en même temps que deux autres singes, des babouins, dont la chair fut déclarée très savoureuse.
  2. Nul autre pays au monde n’abrite davantage de mammifères. Quelques-unes des espèces les plus emblématiques, comme le jaguar et le loup à crinière, sont presque impossibles à apercevoir. D'autres en revanche, dont les coatis, les capybaras et des singes en tout genre, peuvent s’observer à la faveur d’une excursion.

This word in other languages

monkey(English)mono(Español)Affe(Deutsch)símio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isnge
  • sineg
  • singge
  • sinnge
  • snige
  • ssinge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of singe - 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.

isnge2sineg2singge1sinnge1snige2ssinge1
Edit distance from "singe"

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 "singe"?
"singe" is spelled S-I-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃ʒ\.
What does "singe" mean?
As a noun, "singe" means: Mammifère de l’ordre des Primates, hors l’Homme, hors le lémurien.
What words are commonly confused with "singe"?
"singe" is commonly confused with "site", "sire", "song". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "singe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "singe" is \sɛ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "singe" come from?
"singe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vives#7,637aires#7,646perçu#7,609manif#7,591

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Juppé6 variantsfinie6 variantsGold6 variantsLaser6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list