zir
/zɪɹ/noun, pronoun, determiner
zir is spelled Z-I-R: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zir means “A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zir is zirs.
How many letters and syllables are in zir?
| Letters | 3: Z-I-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is zir?
Zir appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce zir?
- US /zɪɹ/
- US /zɪɚ/
- UK /zɪə(ɹ)/
As a pronoun (“Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object)…”): /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/, /zɚ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with zir?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as zir from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of zir
- zirs plural
- zeer
- hirself
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large clay jug for storing water, common in Egypt and the Sudan since ancient times.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:zir.
pronoun
- 1
nonstandardrareGender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
determiner
- 1
nonstandardrareBelonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zir come from?
From Arabic زِير (zīr).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).