sirena

[siˈɾena]

/[siˈɾena]/ noun

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The verdict

“sirena” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,712. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,712
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ser fabuloso, parte mujer y parte ave, que atraía a los marineros a la perdición con su canto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sirena · sirena · Spanish

sirena · rank #14,712 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,712
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH serbio

Nearest frequency peer: serbio (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sirena”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “sirena” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sirena vs suena
67% similar
sirena vs Siria
50% similar
sirena vs sirva
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sirena
PropertyValue
Headwordsirena
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[siˈɾena]
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,712
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sirena”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sirenacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “serbio” (#14,711), “sirvan” (#14,713), “sepamos” (#14,710). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sirena” va en #14,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sirena (IPA [siˈɾena]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,712 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sirena, with forms such as "cirena", "isrena", and "sierna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "suena", "Siria", "sirva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sirena, spelled S-I-R-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ser fabuloso, parte mujer y parte ave, que atraía a los marineros a la perdición con su canto.
  2. 2
    Por confusión, ser fabuloso con busto de mujer y parte inferior de pez.
  3. 3
    Por analogía con el canto de las sirenas₁, instrumento acústico que produce un número variable de vibraciones por período.
  4. 4
    En particular, sirena₃ de sonido agudo y penetrante, empleado como señal de alarma o aviso.
  5. 5
    Mujer que tiene como característica practicar deportes acuáticos (natación, saltos, natación artística) o simpplemente que le gusta mucho el agua y sabe nadar excelentemente.
  6. 6
    Dícese de la mujer con olor característico similar al pescado manido debido a mala higiene o infección íntima por Garnderella.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sirena appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «En derredor desta isla son falladas las sirenas del mar, que tienen alas asi como aves, & çervizes & cabeças asi como omnes & son en figura de donzellas & tienen cabellos & trebejan sobre el agua de la mar; e non se muestran nin paresçen salvo de noche & loan a Dios con diversas bozes & muy contritas de guisa que fazen llorar a los que lo oyen».
  2. «En el quinto hay tres sirenas, de la cintura abajo peces y de la cintura arriba doncellas, con sus alas e instrumentos de música en la mano».

This word in other languages

siren(English)Sirene(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cirena
  • isrena
  • sierna
  • sirean
  • sirenna
  • sirnea
  • sirrena
  • sriena
  • ssirena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sirena - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cirena1isrena2sierna2sirean2sirenna1sirnea2sirrena1sriena2
Edit distance from "sirena"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sirena"?
"sirena" is spelled S-I-R-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈɾena].
What does "sirena" mean?
As a noun, "sirena" means: Ser fabuloso, parte mujer y parte ave, que atraía a los marineros a la perdición con su canto.
What words are commonly confused with "sirena"?
"sirena" is commonly confused with "suena", "Siria", "sirva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sirena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sirena" is [siˈɾena]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sirena" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sirena", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

serbio#14,711sirvan#14,713suegro#14,718summer#14,719

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sacaba9 variantssabana9 variantsvendía9 variantspésima9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list