kyrie
/ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/
"kyrie" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kyrie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,377. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,377
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kyrie · kyrie · English
kyrie · rank #19,377 · 7 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,377
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Jax
Nearest frequency peer: Jax (-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 “kyrie”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- jamming
jamming
80,626 corpus weight
- Jax
Jax
80,625 corpus weight
- kyrie
kyrie
80,624 corpus weight
- labyrinth
labyrinth
80,623 corpus weight
- lac
lac
80,622 corpus weight
- latency
latency
80,621 corpus weight
What this shows “kyrie” 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 | kyrie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “kyrie”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around kyrie (IPA /ˈkɪəɹ.ɪˌeɪ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,377 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for kyrie, with forms such as "kkyrie", "kryie", and "kyire". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Kyi", "Kyle", "kris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-In… The correct English form is kyrie, spelled K-Y-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
- 2A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkyrie
- kryie
- kyire
- kyrei
- kyrrie
- kyyrie
- ykrie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kyrie - 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).