singer

\sɛ̃.ʒe\

/\sɛ̃.ʒe\/ verb

The verdict

“singer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,098
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Imiter une personne en la tournant en dérision.

Corpus desk

Index FR-singer · singer · French

singer · rank #22,098 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,098
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH simultanée

Nearest frequency peer: simultanée (-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 « singer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « singer » 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).

singer vs songe
67% similar
singer vs Singh
50% similar
singer vs single
67% similar

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

Key facts for singer
PropertyValue
Headwordsinger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɛ̃.ʒe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,098
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « singer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).singerse 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 « simultanée » (#22,097), « sociable » (#22,099), « sillon » (#22,096). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « singer » est au #22,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around singer (IPA \sɛ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,098 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for singer, with forms such as "isnger", "sinegr", and "singerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "songe", "Singh", "single", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is singer, spelled S-I-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Imiter une personne en la tournant en dérision.
  2. 2
    Simuler, feindre.
  3. 3
    Saupoudrer de farine des éléments que l’on a préalablement fait revenir dans de la matière grasse, farine que l’on laisse cuire légèrement avant de verser dessus un liquide de mouillement (lait, eau, bouillon) afin d’obtenir une sauce liée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Si, comme je l’espère, vous vous poussez à la cour et recouvrez vos biens, donnez-moi pour retraite le gouvernement de votre garde-robe, dit-il en singeant la courbette d’un solliciteur devant le Baron transformé. »
  2. Elles pouffaient lorsqu’Yves et José singeaient les chanteuses, à l’église autour de l’harmonium, avec leur bouche en cul de poule.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isnger
  • sinegr
  • singerr
  • singger
  • singre
  • sinnger
  • sniger
  • ssinger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isnger2sinegr2singerr1singger1singre2sinnger1sniger2ssinger1
Edit distance from "singer"

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 "singer"?
"singer" is spelled S-I-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.ʒe\.
What does "singer" mean?
As a verb, "singer" means: Imiter une personne en la tournant en dérision.
What words are commonly confused with "singer"?
"singer" is commonly confused with "songe", "Singh", "single". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "singer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "singer" is \sɛ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "singer" come from?
"singer" 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 "singer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list