syrah

/\si.ʁa\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,338

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

syrah is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cépage originaire des côtes du Rhône, mais maintenant utilisée dans le monde entier. Il donne un raisin noir à peau fine et à la pruine abondante. Il est issu du croisement entre la mondeuse blanch... Pronounced \si.ʁa\. Often confused with Syrie and Syria.

Key facts for syrah
PropertyValue
Headwordsyrah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,338
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of syrah in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for syrah is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.ʁa\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,338 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for syrah, with forms such as "sryah", "ssyrah", and "syarh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Syrie", "Syria", "sera", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is syrah, spelled S-Y-R-A-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cépage originaire des côtes du Rhône, mais maintenant utilisée dans le monde entier. Il donne un raisin noir à peau fine et à la pruine abondante. Il est issu du croisement entre la mondeuse blanche et le dureza (cépage à raisin noir).
  2. 2
    Vin tiré des raisins de ce cépage.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sryah,ssyrah,syarh,syrahh,syrha,syrrah,syyrah,ysrah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for syrah

Misspelling Variants of "syrah"

sryah5ssyrah6syarh5syrahh6syrha5syrrah6syyrah6ysrah5
Misspelling Variants of "syrah"

Frequency rank: #45,338 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "syrah"?
"syrah" is spelled S-Y-R-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \si.ʁa\.
What does "syrah" mean?
As a noun, "syrah" means: Cépage originaire des côtes du Rhône, mais maintenant utilisée dans le monde entier. Il donne un raisin noir à peau fine et à la pruine abondante. Il est issu du croisement entre la mondeuse blanch...
What words are commonly confused with "syrah"?
"syrah" is commonly confused with "Syrie", "Syria", "sera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "syrah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "syrah" is \si.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "syrah" come from?
"syrah" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.