shire

Name: shire, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʃaɪə(ɹ)\

/\ʃaɪə(ɹ)\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“shire” is uncommon French (frequency #62,636 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,636
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Province ; comté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shire · shire · French

shire · rank #62,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #62,636
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH Simonet

Nearest frequency peer: Simonet (+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.

sereines

37,369
shack

37,368
shaft

37,367
shire

37,365
Simonet

37,364
souriais

37,360

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for shire
Property	Value
Headword	shire
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʃaɪə(ɹ)\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#62,636
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « shire » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.shiretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#62,636

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Simonet » (#62,637), « shaft » (#62,634), « shack » (#62,633). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shire » est au #62,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shire is uncommon French at frequency #62,636 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃaɪə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Province ; comté.".

No misspelling variants are generated for shire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is shire, spelled S-H-I-R-E.

Definition

1
Province ; comté.

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 "shire"?

"shire" is spelled S-H-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃaɪə(ɹ)\.

What does "shire" mean?

As a noun, "shire" means: Province ; comté.

How do you pronounce "shire"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shire" is \ʃaɪə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "shire" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

shaft#62,634 shack#62,633 Seiji#62,629 sures#62,656