Singh

\siŋ\

/\siŋ\/ name

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The verdict

“Singh” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,595. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,595
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille indien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-singh · Singh · French

Singh · rank #18,595 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,595
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sentimental

Nearest frequency peer: sentimental (-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 « Singh »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Singh » 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).

Singh vs song
40% similar
Singh vs sung
40% similar
Singh vs sino
40% similar

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

Key facts for Singh
PropertyValue
HeadwordSingh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\siŋ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,595
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Singh »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Singhse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sentimental » (#18,594), « singularité » (#18,596), « sceptiques » (#18,593). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Singh » est au #18,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Singh (IPA \siŋ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,595 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille indien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Singh, with forms such as "isngh", "signh", and "singgh". 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, "song", "sung", "sino", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Singh, spelled S-I-N-G-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille indien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux ministres français avaient rendu hommage mercredi à Rajinder Singh, surnommé « Babu », cet Indien de 33 ans qui menait une vie de travailleur sans histoire à Paris, et dont la mort le 29 septembre a été présentée comme la tragique conséquence d’un acte citoyen.
  2. Pritam Singh, ancien hippie devenu magnat de l’immobilier, encourage l’ONG à privilégier la science.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isngh
  • signh
  • singgh
  • singhh
  • sinhg
  • sinngh
  • snigh
  • ssingh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isngh2signh2singgh1singhh1sinhg2sinngh1snigh2ssingh1
Edit distance from "Singh"

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 "Singh"?
"Singh" is spelled S-I-N-G-H. The IPA pronunciation is \siŋ\.
What does "Singh" mean?
As a proper noun, "Singh" means: Nom de famille indien.
What words are commonly confused with "Singh"?
"Singh" is commonly confused with "song", "sung", "sino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Singh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Singh" is \siŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Singh" come from?
"Singh" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Samir#18,591sound#18,599swing#18,602topic#18,609

Similar misspelling depth

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

viseur8 variantsWendy8 variantsPhobie8 variantspersos8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list