mirer

\mi.ʁe\

/\mi.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“mirer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viser, regarder avec attention l’endroit où doit porter le coup d’une arme à feu, d’une arbalète, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mirer · mirer · French

mirer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for mirer
PropertyValue
Headwordmirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mi.ʁe\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mirer” sits in French frequency

mirer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mirer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mi.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

mirer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mirer, spelled M-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Viser, regarder avec attention l’endroit où doit porter le coup d’une arme à feu, d’une arbalète, etc.
  2. 2
    Regarder des œufs, en les plaçant entre son œil et la lumière, pour s’assurer qu’ils sont frais.
  3. 3
    Regarder par transparence.
  4. 4
    Se regarder dans un miroir ou dans une autre surface réfléchissante.
  5. 5
    Se refléter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mirer le but. - Mirer son gibier.
  2. Mais il faut dire que le plus spirituel des peintres modernes n’inventerait pas de charge si comique. L’animal tenait dans une de ses pattes de devant une raquette aussi grande que lui, et se dressait sur ses pattes de derrière pour mirer une énorme balle que lui renvoyait un gentilhomme en habit brodé.

This word in other languages

sight(English)mirar(Español)übersehen(Deutsch)mirar(Português)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mirer"?
"mirer" is spelled M-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ʁe\.
What does "mirer" mean?
As a verb, "mirer" means: Viser, regarder avec attention l’endroit où doit porter le coup d’une arme à feu, d’une arbalète, etc.
How do you pronounce "mirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mirer" is \mi.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list