cireux
\si.ʁø\
The verdict
“cireux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la cire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cireux · cireux · French
cireux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cireux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \si.ʁø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cireux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \si.ʁø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cireux in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cireux, spelled C-I-R-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la cire.
- 2Qui a l'aspect ou l'allure de la cire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cireux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La préparation artificielle des acides gras ou des matières cireuses.
Les Hygrophores regroupent des champignons de taille, de forme et de coloration très variées, mais qui possèdent un caractère en commun : leurs lames sont cireuses au toucher.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.