sirloin
/ˈsɝlɔɪn/
"sirloin" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sirloin” is uncommon English (frequency #51,996 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,996
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sirloin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɝlɔɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sirloin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sirloin is uncommon English at frequency #51,996 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɝlɔɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sirloin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, from sur la longe (literally “above the loin”). The correct English form is sirloin, spelled S-I-R-L-O-I-N.
Definition
- 1A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
- 2A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).
Etymology
From Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, from sur la longe (literally “above the loin”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “sirloin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-I-R-L-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.