diff --git a/strings/anagrams.py b/strings/anagrams.py
index fb9ac0bd1..71cc142fb 100644
--- a/strings/anagrams.py
+++ b/strings/anagrams.py
@@ -6,19 +6,26 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 
 def signature(word: str) -> str:
-    """Return a word sorted
-    >>> signature("test")
-    'estt'
-    >>> signature("this is a test")
-    '   aehiisssttt'
-    >>> signature("finaltest")
-    'aefilnstt'
     """
-    return "".join(sorted(word))
+    Return a word's frequency-based signature.
+
+    >>> signature("test")
+    'e1s1t2'
+    >>> signature("this is a test")
+    ' 3a1e1h1i2s3t3'
+    >>> signature("finaltest")
+    'a1e1f1i1l1n1s1t2'
+    """
+    frequencies = collections.Counter(word)
+    return "".join(
+        f"{char}{frequency}" for char, frequency in sorted(frequencies.items())
+    )
 
 
 def anagram(my_word: str) -> list[str]:
-    """Return every anagram of the given word
+    """
+    Return every anagram of the given word from the dictionary.
+
     >>> anagram('test')
     ['sett', 'stet', 'test']
     >>> anagram('this is a test')
@@ -40,5 +47,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     all_anagrams = {word: anagram(word) for word in word_list if len(anagram(word)) > 1}
 
     with open("anagrams.txt", "w") as file:
-        file.write("all_anagrams = \n ")
+        file.write("all_anagrams = \n")
         file.write(pprint.pformat(all_anagrams))