Syrah
/sɪˈɹa/
"syrah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Syrah” is uncommon English (frequency #57,117 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,117
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of syrah.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Syrah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈɹa/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Syrah” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Syrah is uncommon English at frequency #57,117 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɪˈɹa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative letter-case form of syrah.".
Syrah has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Syrah, spelled S-Y-R-A-H.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of syrah.
Synonyms
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 “Syrah”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-Y-R-A-H - 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.