kir
"kir" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kir” is uncommon English (frequency #71,633 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,633
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kir · kir · English
kir · rank #71,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,633
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Khosla
Nearest frequency peer: Khosla (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “kir”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kevorkian
Kevorkian
28,373 corpus weight
- keyring
keyring
28,372 corpus weight
- khair
khair
28,371 corpus weight
- Khosla
Khosla
28,370 corpus weight
- kir
kir
28,368 corpus weight
- Kozlowski
Kozlowski
28,364 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kir” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kir” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kir is uncommon English at frequency #71,633 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kir, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon. The correct English form is kir, spelled K-I-R.
Definition
- 1A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.
Etymology
Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.
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 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).