Cyril
/ˈsɪɹəl/
"cyril" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cyril” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,679
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyril · Cyril · English
Cyril · rank #16,679 · 8 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,679
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH dealership
Nearest frequency peer: dealership (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cyril”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- CSS
CSS
83,325 corpus weight
- cultivate
cultivate
83,324 corpus weight
- Cyril
Cyril
83,322 corpus weight
- dealership
dealership
83,321 corpus weight
- dearest
dearest
83,320 corpus weight
- decker
decker
83,319 corpus weight
What this shows “Cyril” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | Cyril |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɪɹəl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,679 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cyril”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Cyril (IPA /ˈsɪɹəl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,679 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cyril, with forms such as "ccyril", "cryil", and "cyirl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyrus", "CRI", "carl", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”). The correct English form is Cyril, spelled C-Y-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cyril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.
Zuma – a fierce critic of current ANC leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – was forced to resign as president in 2018 and has been looking for political revenge ever since.
Etymology
Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccyril
- cryil
- cyirl
- cyrill
- cyrli
- cyrril
- cyyril
- ycril
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cyril - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).