cyrène
\si.ʁɛn\
The verdict
“cyrène” is uncommon French (frequency #71,412 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,412
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné à deux genres importants de mollusques d’eau douce (Corbicula et Polymesoda) que l’on rencontre en abondance dans les rivières ou ruisseaux des pays chauds.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyrène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.ʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cyrène” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cyrène is uncommon French at frequency #71,412 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.ʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné à deux genres importants de mollusques d’eau douce (Corbicula et Polymesoda) que l’on rencontre en abondance dans les rivières ou ruisseaux des pays chauds.".
cyrène has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cyrène, spelled C-Y-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à deux genres importants de mollusques d’eau douce (Corbicula et Polymesoda) que l’on rencontre en abondance dans les rivières ou ruisseaux des pays chauds.
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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Using “cyrène”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-Y-R-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.ʁɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.