singulier
\sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\
The verdict
“singulier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,240
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne ressemble pas aux autres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-singulier · singulier · French
singulier · rank #10,240 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,240
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sensibilisati…
Nearest frequency peer: sensibilisation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “singulier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- secs
secs
89,764 corpus weight
- sensibilisa…
sensibilisation
89,762 corpus weight
- singulier
singulier
89,761 corpus weight
- songe
songe
89,760 corpus weight
- sou
sou
89,759 corpus weight
- souffrant
souffrant
89,758 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “singulier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | singulier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “singulier” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around singulier (IPA \sɛ̃.ɡy.lje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,240 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for singulier, with forms such as "isngulier", "signulier", and "singgulier". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "singulière", "singuliers", "singulières", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is singulier, spelled S-I-N-G-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Qui ne ressemble pas aux autres.
- 2Qui est rare ou excellent.
- 3Qui est bizarre, capricieux, qui affecte de se distinguer.
- 4Se dit pour marquer (en bien ou en mal) son étonnement de quelque chose.
- 5Qui est du nombre singulier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how singulier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est au moment où les eaux retournent à la mer qu'on fait dans ces graux la singulière pêche du turbot, qui rappelle celle des Écossais, décrite dans le Redgauntlet de Walter-Scott.
Leur activité se donnait surtout libre cours dans la location des bicyclettes. C’était là un singulier commerce que ne régissait aucun principe commercial ou économique connu, que ne régissait, à vrai dire, aucun principe.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isngulier
- signulier
- singgulier
- singluier
- singuiler
- singuleir
- singulierr
- singulire
- singullier
- sinngulier
- sinuglier
- snigulier
- ssingulier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of singulier - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "singulier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "singulier". Here's where to go from here.
- "singulier" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "singulière". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,240 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.