# sire

> English word · Noun · IPA /saɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #16,586

## Definitions
1. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
2. A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
5. The vampire who turned another person.

## Etymology
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.

## Easily confused with
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-six)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sit)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sue)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sis)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-str)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sme)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sse)
- **SLR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-slr)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-soe)
- **Siu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-siu)
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-snr)
- **sor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sor)
- **SPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-spr)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sle)
- **sry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sry)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-some)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sure)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-site)
- **size** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-size)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-sort)

## Common misspellings (5)
`isre`, `sier`, `sirre`, `srie`, `ssire`

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