Cyrillic
/sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/
"cyrillic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cyrillic” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,313
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyrillic · Cyrillic · English
Cyrillic · rank #45,313 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,313
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cyndi
Nearest frequency peer: Cyndi (-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 “Cyrillic”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- cybernetic
cybernetic
54,691 corpus weight
- Cygnus
Cygnus
54,690 corpus weight
- Cyndi
Cyndi
54,689 corpus weight
- Cyrillic
Cyrillic
54,688 corpus weight
- dampening
dampening
54,686 corpus weight
- darned
darned
54,685 corpus weight
What this shows “Cyrillic” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cyrillic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cyrillic”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Cyrillic (IPA /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,313 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cyrillic, with forms such as "ccyrillic", "cryillic", and "cyirllic". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the name Cyril + -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rĭllos), denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself. The correct English form is Cyrillic, spelled C-Y-R-I-L-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.
Etymology
From the name Cyril + -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rĭllos), denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccyrillic
- cryillic
- cyirllic
- cyrilic
- cyrililc
- cyrillci
- cyrillicc
- cyrlilic
- cyrrillic
- cyyrillic
- ycrillic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cyrillic - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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