sirocco
/sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
"sirocco" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sirocco” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sirocco · sirocco · English
sirocco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sirocco |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sirocco” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sirocco is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sirocco, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”). The correct English form is sirocco, spelled S-I-R-O-C-C-O.
Definition
- 1A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- 2A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sirocco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But come, the board is spread; our silver lamp / Is trimm’d, and heeds not the sirocco’s damp.
Diese Toleranz und largeur des Herzens, die Alles „verzeiht“, weil sie Alles „begreift“, ist Scirocco für uns.
Etymology
From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.