sr

\sjœʁ\

/\sjœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sr” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,308) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#11,308
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sr · sr · French

sr · rank #11,308 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,308
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spirale

Nearest frequency peer: spirale (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “sr”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “sr” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

sr vs st
50% similar
sr vs su
50% similar
sr vs ss
50% similar

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

Key facts for sr
PropertyValue
Headwordsr
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sjœʁ\
Letters2
Frequency rank#11,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “sr” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.srse 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 « spirale » (#11,307), « stocker » (#11,309), « Soviétiques » (#11,306). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sr is neighbouring look-alikes ("st", "su", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \sjœʁ\. Frequency #11,308 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Sieur.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sr, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "su", "ss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sr, spelled S-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 9. Les abréviations sont défendues, à moins qu’elles ne soient d’un usage général, comme celles-ci : sʳ au lieu de sieur, dᵉ au lieu de dame, dˡˡᵉ au lieu de demoiselle, vᵉ au lieu de veuve. On peut aussi écrire Sᵗ Nicolas pour Saint Nicolas, J. Baptiste pour Jean Baptiste. […] À plus forte raison, doit-on considérer comme des abréviations défendues certa…
  2. Par un usage général fort ancien, on a toléré certaines abréviations comme n’étant pas nuisibles, telles que celles de Mʳ ou sʳ pour Monsieur ou sieur ; Mᵉ pour maître ; Mᵐᵉ ou Dᵉ pour Madame ou dame ; MM. pour Messieurs ; fol., rᵒ, vᵒ, cᵉ, vol., nᵒ pour folio, recto, verso, case, volume, numéro ; led., lad., lesd. pour ledit, ladite et lesdits ou lesdites.

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 "sr"?
"sr" is spelled S-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sjœʁ\.
What does "sr" mean?
As a noun, "sr" means: Sieur.
What words are commonly confused with "sr"?
"sr" is commonly confused with "st", "su", "ss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sr" is \sjœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sr" come from?
"sr" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list