sirènes

\si.ʁɛn\

/\si.ʁɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“sirènes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,762. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,762
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sirenes · sirènes · French

sirènes · rank #15,762 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,762
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH significatifs

Nearest frequency peer: significatifs (-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 « sirènes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sirènes » 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).

sirènes vs sires
71% similar
sirènes vs soirées
57% similar
sirènes vs Suresnes
50% similar

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

Key facts for sirènes
PropertyValue
Headwordsirènes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ʁɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,762
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sirènes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sirènesse 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 « significatifs » (#15,761), « Slovénie » (#15,763), « sieur » (#15,760). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sirènes » est au #15,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sirènes (IPA \si.ʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,762 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sirène.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sirènes, with forms such as "isrènes", "sirenes", and "sirnèes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sires", "soirées", "Suresnes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sirènes, spelled S-I-R-È-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sirène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sur les crédences en style de la Renaissance se dressaient des figures de sirènes, et les chaises en bois sculpté avaient des dossiers surmontés de têtes de femmes dans le goût Henri II.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isrènes
  • sirenes
  • sirnèes
  • sirrènes
  • sirèens
  • sirèness
  • sirènnes
  • sirènse
  • sièrnes
  • sriènes
  • ssirènes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sirènes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

isrènes2sirenes1sirnèes2sirrènes1sirèens2sirèness1sirènnes1sirènse2
Edit distance from "sirènes"

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 "sirènes"?
"sirènes" is spelled S-I-R-È-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁɛn\.
What does "sirènes" mean?
As a noun, "sirènes" means: Pluriel de sirène.
What words are commonly confused with "sirènes"?
"sirènes" is commonly confused with "sires", "soirées", "Suresnes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sirènes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sirènes" is \si.ʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sirènes" come from?
"sirènes" 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 "sirènes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

samedis#15,754Tournai#15,775turques#15,777roberts#15,746

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

souliers11 variantssavourer11 variantsRoumains11 variantséquipées11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list