wir
\viːɐ̯\
The verdict
“wir” is uncommon French (frequency #54,335 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,335
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nous, on : pronom personnel de la première personne du pluriel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wir · wir · French
wir · rank #54,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,335
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH winch
Nearest frequency peer: winch (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « wir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vérifions
vérifions
45,669 corpus weight
- Wessex
Wessex
45,668 corpus weight
- winch
winch
45,667 corpus weight
- wir
wir
45,666 corpus weight
- wizard
wizard
45,665 corpus weight
- Xerxès
Xerxès
45,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « wir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | \viːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wir is uncommon French at frequency #54,335 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed \viːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is wir, spelled W-I-R.
Definition
- 1Nous, on : pronom personnel de la première personne du pluriel.
- 2Nous, on, employé par le locuteur pour inclure le public.
- 3Nous, employé par l’auteur d’un livre au lieu de dire "je".
- 4Nous, employé par le locuteur pour s’adresser à une ou plusieurs personnes au lieu de dire "tu" ou "vous".
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir leben in einer atemberaubenden schnellen Zeit. Unsere Welt ist zunehmend globalisiert, und auch der Einzelne ist immer größerem Leistungsdruck und psychosozialem Stress ausgesetzt.
In diesem Aktionsplan werden Schlüsselbereiche aufgezeigt, in denen wir mehr tun müssen, um Europa zu einem führenden KI-Kontinent zu machen.
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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