sira

[ʃiɾɑ]

/[ʃiɾɑ]/ adj

The verdict

“sira” is uncommon French (frequency #80,646 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,646
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sira · sira · French

sira · rank #80,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,646
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH signons

Nearest frequency peer: signons (-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 « sira »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sira
PropertyValue
Headwordsira
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃiɾɑ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,646
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sira » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).siratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « signons » (#80,645), « Shéhérazade » (#80,644), « slap » (#80,648). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sira » est au #80,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sira is uncommon French at frequency #80,646 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃiɾɑ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jaune.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sira, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sira, spelled S-I-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jaune.

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 "sira"?
"sira" is spelled S-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃiɾɑ].
What does "sira" mean?
As an adjective, "sira" means: Jaune.
How do you pronounce "sira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sira" is [ʃiɾɑ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sira" come from?
"sira" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list