Scirocco

[ʃiˈʁɔko]

/[ʃiˈʁɔko]/ noun

The verdict

“Scirocco” is uncommon German (frequency #80,906 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,906
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heißer Wind aus der Sahara, der über das Mittelmeer nach Südeuropa weht

Corpus desk

Index DE-scirocco · Scirocco · German

Scirocco · rank #80,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,906
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH scientists

Nearest frequency peer: scientists (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Scirocco“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Scirocco“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Scirocco
PropertyValue
HeadwordScirocco
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃiˈʁɔko]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Scirocco“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sciroccofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „scientists“ (#80,905), „Sedierung“ (#80,907), „Schwerhörigkeit“ (#80,904). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Scirocco“ bei #80,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scirocco is uncommon German at frequency #80,906 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃiˈʁɔko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heißer Wind aus der Sahara, der über das Mittelmeer nach Südeuropa weht".

Scirocco has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Scirocco, spelled S-C-I-R-O-C-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    heißer Wind aus der Sahara, der über das Mittelmeer nach Südeuropa weht

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Scirocco"?
"Scirocco" is spelled S-C-I-R-O-C-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃiˈʁɔko].
What does "Scirocco" mean?
As a noun, "Scirocco" means: heißer Wind aus der Sahara, der über das Mittelmeer nach Südeuropa weht
How do you pronounce "Scirocco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scirocco" is [ʃiˈʁɔko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scirocco" come from?
"Scirocco" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list