lira
/ˈlɪəɹə/noun
lira is spelled L-I-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lira means “The basic unit of currency in Turkey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lira is lire or liras.
How many letters and syllables are in lira?
| Letters | 4: L-I-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lira?
Lira appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lira?
- /ˈlɪəɹə/
As a noun (“Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs”): /ˈlaɪɹə/.
Lira has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lira.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lira
Also written: lyra.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lira?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as lira.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rail, liar, lair, rial, lari, aril.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lira
- lire plural
- liras plural
- lirot plural
- liroth plural
- lirae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lira mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
- 2
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
- 3
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
- 4
The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
- 5
A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
- 6
Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
- 7
Alternative form of lyra.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lira in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lira come from?
From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, litra, litre, livre, and rottol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).