# Spires

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,174

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Patronymic from Spire.

## Easily confused with
- **spite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spite)
- **Spurs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spurs)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spree)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spore)
- **spiro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spiro)
- **sports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-sports)
- **spirit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spirit)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-stores)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-stares)
- **swipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-swipes)
- **spirits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-spirits)
- **sprites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spires-vs-sprites)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sire-vs-spires)
- **sites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sites-vs-spires)
- **sides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sides-vs-spires)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spare-vs-spires)
- **sizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sizes-vs-spires)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spike-vs-spires)
- **spice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spice-vs-spires)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spine-vs-spires)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psires`, `sipres`, `spiers`, `spiress`, `spirres`, `spirse`, `sppires`, `spries`, `sspires`

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