spirits
\ˈspɪɹ.ɪts\
The verdict
“spirits” is uncommon French (frequency #73,569 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,569
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eaux-de-vie, liqueurs fortes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spirits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈspɪɹ.ɪts\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spirits” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spirits is uncommon French at frequency #73,569 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈspɪɹ.ɪts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
spirits doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is spirits, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Eaux-de-vie, liqueurs fortes.
- 2Alcool, spiritueux.
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.
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Using “spirits”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-P-I-R-I-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.