cirer

\si.ʁe\

/\si.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“cirer” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,284
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enduire ou frotter de cire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cirer · cirer · French

cirer · rank #29,284 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,284
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coalitions

Nearest frequency peer: coalitions (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cirer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cirer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

cirer vs Cré
20% similar
cirer vs cité
40% similar
cirer vs crée
40% similar

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

Key facts for cirer
PropertyValue
Headwordcirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\si.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,284
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cirer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cirerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coalitions » (#29,285), « Cir » (#29,282), « coffrets » (#29,286). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cirer » est au #29,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cirer (IPA \si.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,284 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cirer, with forms such as "ccirer", "cierr", and "cirerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cré", "cité", "crée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cirer, spelled C-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enduire ou frotter de cire.
  2. 2
    Enduire de cirage une chaussure pour la faire briller.
  3. 3
    Porter malheur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cirer du fil, de la toile, un parquet, un meuble.
  2. Toile cirée, taffetas ciré.

This word in other languages

wax(English)wachsen(Deutsch)engraxar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccirer
  • cierr
  • cirerr
  • cirrer
  • icrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cirer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccirer1cierr2cirerr1cirrer1icrer2
Edit distance from "cirer"

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 "cirer"?
"cirer" is spelled C-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁe\.
What does "cirer" mean?
As a verb, "cirer" means: Enduire ou frotter de cire.
What words are commonly confused with "cirer"?
"cirer" is commonly confused with "Cré", "cité", "crée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cirer" is \si.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cirer" come from?
"cirer" 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 "cirer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chics#29,279combi#29,289draft#29,317Dutch#29,322

Similar misspelling depth

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

como5 variantsCarroll5 variantsbure5 variantsdope5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list