cirage

\si.ʁaʒ\

/\si.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cirage” is uncommon French (frequency #51,357 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,357
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de cirer ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cirage · cirage · French

cirage · rank #51,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,357
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cinglée

Nearest frequency peer: cinglée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cirage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cirage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cirage
PropertyValue
Headwordcirage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ʁaʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,357
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cirage » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ciragetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cinglée » (#51,356), « circulatoire » (#51,358), « cin » (#51,355). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cirage » est au #51,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cirage is uncommon French at frequency #51,357 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cirage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cirage, spelled C-I-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de cirer ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Produit qui sert à rendre luisants les cuirs.
  3. 3
    Grande incertitude, situation confuse qui empêche de choisir un parti.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a passé beaucoup de temps à ce cirage.
  2. Le cirage d’un parquet.

This word in other languages

waxing(English)Schuhwichse(Deutsch)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cirage"?
"cirage" is spelled C-I-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁaʒ\.
What does "cirage" mean?
As a noun, "cirage" means: Action de cirer ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "cirage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cirage" is \si.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cirage" come from?
"cirage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

choose#51,353cheque#51,350cheers#51,348comtat#51,369

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list