sieur

\sjœʁ\

/\sjœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sieur” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,760
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sieur · sieur · French

sieur · rank #15,760 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,760
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sidi

Nearest frequency peer: sidi (-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 « sieur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sieur » 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).

sieur vs sur
60% similar
sieur vs sir
60% similar
sieur vs suer
60% similar

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

Key facts for sieur
PropertyValue
Headwordsieur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sjœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,760
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sieur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sieurse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sidi » (#15,759), « significatifs » (#15,761), « scoop » (#15,758). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sieur » est au #15,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sieur (IPA \sjœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,760 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sieur, with forms such as "iseur", "seiur", and "sieru". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sur", "sir", "suer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sieur, spelled S-I-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monsieur.
  2. 2
    ou et Monsieur ; quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Que fit le sieur Furcy ?" "Sieur" ? C’était habile, cette utilisation d’un terme réservé uniquement aux hommes libres, les esclaves n’avaient droit qu’à l’expression "le nommé" ou "la nommée".
  2. Je plaide pour le sieur un tel, pour les sieurs tels.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iseur
  • seiur
  • sieru
  • sieurr
  • siuer
  • ssieur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sieur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

iseur2seiur2sieru2sieurr1siuer2ssieur1
Edit distance from "sieur"

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 "sieur"?
"sieur" is spelled S-I-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sjœʁ\.
What does "sieur" mean?
As a noun, "sieur" means: Monsieur.
What words are commonly confused with "sieur"?
"sieur" is commonly confused with "sur", "sir", "suer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sieur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sieur" is \sjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sieur" come from?
"sieur" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

scoop#15,758saoul#15,755porta#15,722poire#15,720

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

snow6 variantsbalai6 variantsocean6 variantschase6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list