sirop

\si.ʁo\

/\si.ʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“sirop” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,560
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solution de sucre dans l'eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sirop · sirop · French

sirop · rank #9,560 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,560
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Serbie

Nearest frequency peer: Serbie (-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 « sirop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sirop » 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).

sirop vs stop
60% similar
sirop vs soro
60% similar
sirop vs strip
60% similar

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

Key facts for sirop
PropertyValue
Headwordsirop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ʁo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,560
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sirop »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Serbie » (#9,559), « sorcier » (#9,561), « sean » (#9,558). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sirop » est au #9,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around sirop (IPA \si.ʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,560 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sirop, with forms such as "isrop", "siorp", and "siropp". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "stop", "soro", "strip", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sirop, spelled S-I-R-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Solution de sucre dans l'eau.
  2. 2
    Liquide formé d’une dissolution de sucre, à laquelle on ajoute parfois le suc de certains fruits, herbes ou fleurs (ou, exceptionnellement, d'une autre base), et qu’on fait cuire jusqu’à une certaine consistance.,
  3. 3
    État des confitures avant qu’elles aient pris consistance.
  4. 4
    Liquide épais et sucré, souvent aromatisé, appelé à être dilué pour créer une boisson.
  5. 5
    Médicament prenant la forme d'un liquide épais.
  6. 6
    Sirop d’érable.
  7. 7
    Évanouissement, perte de connaissance.
  8. 8
    Boisson alcoolisée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sirop, ainsi concentré, ne renferme plus que 1/6 de son poids d'eau ; le reste est du sucre à peu près pur.
  2. Le sirop de sucre ou sirop simple est un liquide sirupeux constitué par une solution de sucre dans l'eau. Le sirop de sucre ou sirop simple contiendra au moins 60 p. c. de saccharose.

This word in other languages

syrup(English)sirope(Español)Sirup(Deutsch)calda(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isrop
  • siorp
  • siropp
  • sirpo
  • sirrop
  • sriop
  • ssirop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sirop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

isrop2siorp2siropp1sirpo2sirrop1sriop2ssirop1
Edit distance from "sirop"

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 "sirop"?
"sirop" is spelled S-I-R-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁo\.
What does "sirop" mean?
As a noun, "sirop" means: Solution de sucre dans l'eau.
What words are commonly confused with "sirop"?
"sirop" is commonly confused with "stop", "soro", "strip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sirop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sirop" is \si.ʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sirop" come from?
"sirop" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Saône#9,556trame#9,569Turin#9,571Aaron#9,586

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list