Zirkus
[ˈt͡sɪrkʊs]
The verdict
“Zirkus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cirque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zirkus · Zirkus · French
Zirkus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zirkus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɪrkʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zirkus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zirkus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt͡sɪrkʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Zirkus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Zirkus, spelled Z-I-R-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1Cirque.
- 2Cirque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zirkus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Wochenende gehen wir in den Zirkus.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.