kira

\ˈkira\

/\ˈkira\/ noun

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The verdict

“kira” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,875
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kira · kira · French

kira · rank #32,875 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,875
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH jouerait

Nearest frequency peer: jouerait (-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 « kira »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « kira » 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).

kira vs kr
50% similar
kira vs kit
50% similar
kira vs kiss
50% similar

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

Key facts for kira
PropertyValue
Headwordkira
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkira\
Letters4
Frequency rank#32,875
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « kira »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).kirase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « jouerait » (#32,874), « Lacazette » (#32,876), « Jocelyne » (#32,873). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « kira » est au #32,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around kira (IPA \ˈkira\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,875 among 737 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for kira, with forms such as "ikra", "kiar", and "kirra". 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, "kr", "kit", "kiss", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 kira, spelled K-I-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Krupté da narmol ke Airness kira tir tsedasaf.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ikra
  • kiar
  • kirra
  • kkira
  • kria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ikra2kiar2kirra1kkira1kria2
Edit distance from "kira"

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 "kira"?
"kira" is spelled K-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkira\.
What does "kira" mean?
As a noun, "kira" means: Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier.
What words are commonly confused with "kira"?
"kira" is commonly confused with "kr", "kit", "kiss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "kira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kira" is \ˈkira\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kira" come from?
"kira" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kira", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

leds#32,882idea#32,851maso#32,899huma#32,848

Similar misspelling depth

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

inouï5 variantsmanny5 variantsfifi5 variantsferri5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list