ciri
[ˈsiɾi]
The verdict
“ciri” is uncommon French (frequency #79,157 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,157
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cierge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ciri · ciri · French
ciri · rank #79,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,157
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chtis
Nearest frequency peer: chtis (-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 « ciri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chibok
Chibok
20,847 corpus weight
- christologie
christologie
20,846 corpus weight
- chtis
chtis
20,845 corpus weight
- ciri
ciri
20,844 corpus weight
- citais
citais
20,843 corpus weight
- clairsemés
clairsemés
20,841 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ciri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ciri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsiɾi] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ciri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ciri is uncommon French at frequency #79,157 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsiɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cierge.".
ciri has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ciri, spelled C-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1Cierge.
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.
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