mir
/mɪɹ/noun
mir is spelled M-I-R: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mir means “A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mir is mirs or mîrs.
How many letters and syllables are in mir?
| Letters | 3: M-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 mir?
Mir appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 mir?
- UK /mɪə/
- US /mɪɹ/
Mir has one syllable (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-Mir.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mir from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rim.
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 mir
- mirs plural
- mîr
- mîrs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
The mir was the only means to prevent this, and mir meant serfdom under another name. The landowners disposed of their land, or of so much as was required to support the peasants, not to individuals but to the mir.
- 2
Alternative form of Mîr
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Mîr
noun
- 1
Synonym of mail-in rebate.
- 2
Abbreviation of mid infrared or mid-infrared radiation.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of microRNA.
noun
- 1
The Yazidi prince; the highest temporal authority of the Yazidis.
- 2
A Yazidi title for a prince or for certain authoritative religious characters, like God or Tawûsî Melek
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Mîr
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mir come from?
Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).