Shiraz
[ʃiˈɾas]
The verdict
“Shiraz” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,126 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,126
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad de Irán.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shiraz · Shiraz · Spanish
Shiraz · rank #68,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,126
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH signature
Nearest frequency peer: signature (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Shiraz”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- serigrafía
serigrafía
31,880 corpus weight
- Shiraz
Shiraz
31,875 corpus weight
- signature
signature
31,874 corpus weight
- significo
significo
31,873 corpus weight
- sik
sik
31,872 corpus weight
- simbolizaba
simbolizaba
31,871 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Shiraz” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shiraz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃiˈɾas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Shiraz” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Shiraz is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,126 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʃiˈɾas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad de Irán.".
Shiraz has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Shiraz, spelled S-H-I-R-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Ciudad de Irán.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).