sirène
[si.ʁɛn]
The verdict
“sirène” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Sirene
Corpus desk
Index DE-sirene · sirène · German
sirène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sirène |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [si.ʁɛn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sirène“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sirène is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [si.ʁɛn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
sirène doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sirène, spelled S-I-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1die Sirene
- 2die Nixe, die Seejungfer
- 3die Verführerin
- 4die Alarmanlage
- 5das Signalhorn von Einsatzwagen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.