Shiraz
The verdict
“Shiraz” is uncommon French (frequency #77,929 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,929
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shiraz · Shiraz · French
Shiraz · rank #77,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,929
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Shyamalan
Nearest frequency peer: Shyamalan (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Shiraz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sexué
sexué
22,076 corpus weight
- sherpas
sherpas
22,074 corpus weight
- Shiraz
Shiraz
22,072 corpus weight
- Shyamalan
Shyamalan
22,071 corpus weight
- signeront
signeront
22,069 corpus weight
- signets
signets
22,068 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Shiraz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shiraz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Shiraz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Shiraz is uncommon French at frequency #77,929 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Shiraz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Shiraz, spelled S-H-I-R-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shiraz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un défi qu’il va relever de boucler aux côtés de Roméo Radjouki (19 ans) et Mohammad Shiraz Zamani (26 ans), ses compères de la région lyonnaise.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).