# shiro

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,844

## Definitions
1. A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal.

## Etymology
Possibly from Amharic or Tigrinya ሺሮ (širo, “chickpea flour”)

## Easily confused with
- **sir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-sir)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-sho)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shit)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-stir)
- **Shri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shri)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-sire)
- **Siri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-siri)
- **shiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shiv)
- **silo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-silo)
- **shoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shoo)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-short)
- **shirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shirt)
- **shore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shore)
- **skirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-skirt)
- **shits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shits)
- **shiva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shiva)
- **shite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-shite)
- **swirl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-swirl)
- **spire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-spire)
- **smirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shiro-vs-smirk)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hsiro`, `shhiro`, `shior`, `shirro`, `shrio`, `sihro`, `sshiro`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shiro