kira

/\ˈkira\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,875

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

kira is aFrenchnoun. It means: Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier. Pronounced \ˈkira\. Often confused with kr and kit.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of kira in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for kira is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈkira\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,875 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Particularité, caractéristique, marque, élément particulier.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for kira, with forms such as "ikra", "kiar", and "kirra". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kr", "kit", "kiss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is kira, spelled K-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ikra,kiar,kirra,kkira,kria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for kira

Misspelling Variants of "kira"

ikra4kiar4kirra5kkira5kria4
Misspelling Variants of "kira"

Frequency rank: #32,875 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter K in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.