cerebrum
/ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/
"cerebrum" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cerebrum” is uncommon English (frequency #76,627 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,627
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerebrum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerebrum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cerebrum is uncommon English at frequency #76,627 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cerebrum, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more. The correct English form is cerebrum, spelled C-E-R-E-B-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is C-E-R-E-B-R-U-M - 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.