Cyril

\si.ʁil\

/\si.ʁil\/ name

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The verdict

“Cyril” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,687
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Cyrille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cyril · Cyril · French

Cyril · rank #8,687 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,687
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuit

Nearest frequency peer: cuit (-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 « Cyril »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cyril » 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).

Cyril vs Cyrus
60% similar
Cyril vs Cyrille
71% similar
Cyril vs cri
40% similar

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

Key facts for Cyril
PropertyValue
HeadwordCyril
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\si.ʁil\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,687
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cyril »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cyrilse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cuit » (#8,686), « céleste » (#8,688), « créativité » (#8,685). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cyril » est au #8,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Cyril (IPA \si.ʁil\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,687 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de Cyrille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cyril, with forms such as "ccyril", "cryil", and "cyirl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyrus", "Cyrille", "cri", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cyril, spelled C-Y-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Cyrille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À 41 ans, Cyril Hanouna est le roi du bac à sable. Un saltimbanque populaire qui fait rire autant qu'il énerve. Une vraie tête à clashs.
  2. La série « Parler à ceux que l’on n’écoute jamais ! », réalisée par Cyril Zannettacci, plonge au cœur d’une unité de soins pour sans-abri durant l’épidémie du Covid-19.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccyril
  • cryil
  • cyirl
  • cyrill
  • cyrli
  • cyrril
  • cyyril
  • ycril

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cyril - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccyril1cryil2cyirl2cyrill1cyrli2cyrril1cyyril1ycril2
Edit distance from "Cyril"

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 "Cyril"?
"Cyril" is spelled C-Y-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁil\.
What does "Cyril" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cyril" means: Variante de Cyrille.
What words are commonly confused with "Cyril"?
"Cyril" is commonly confused with "Cyrus", "Cyrille", "cri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cyril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cyril" is \si.ʁil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cyril" come from?
"Cyril" 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 "Cyril", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

atout#8,656jouez#8,729vogue#8,637vital#8,636

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

danois8 variantsaffreux8 variantsAdrien8 variantsacides8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list