Sire
[ziːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Sire” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,488
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - veraltete (französische) Höflichkeitsanrede für Männer, insbesondere oder ausschließlich dem König/Kaiser vorbehalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-sire · Sire · German
Sire · rank #48,488 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,488
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sil
Nearest frequency peer: sil (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Sire“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Sicherungsv…
Sicherungsverwahrung
51,517 corpus weight
- Siegers
Siegers
51,516 corpus weight
- signieren
signieren
51,515 corpus weight
- sil
sil
51,514 corpus weight
- Sire
Sire
51,513 corpus weight
- Sitzgelegen…
Sitzgelegenheiten
51,510 corpus weight
What this shows „Sire“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Sire |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ziːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sire“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Sire (IPA [ziːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,488 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "veraltete (französische) Höflichkeitsanrede für Männer, insbesondere oder ausschließlich dem König/Kaiser vorbehalten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sire, with forms such as "isre", "sier", and "sirre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sr", "sur", "SWR", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sire, spelled S-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1veraltete (französische) Höflichkeitsanrede für Männer, insbesondere oder ausschließlich dem König/Kaiser vorbehalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf ebenso gerechte wie unantastbare Gründe gestützt, erkühne ich mich der Freiheit, Sire, Ihnen zu sagen, daß es mir niemals in den Sinn gekommen ist, mich (wie man, soviel ich seit meiner Ankunft hierselbst gehört, mich beschuldigt hat) dem Willen Ew. Majestät widersetzen zu wollen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isre
- sier
- sirre
- srie
- ssire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sire", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).