cervelat

noun

"cervelat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cervelat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cervelat · cervelat · English

cervelat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for cervelat
PropertyValue
Headwordcervelat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cervelat” in English

cervelatranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cervelat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cervelat, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”). The correct English form is cervelat, spelled C-E-R-V-E-L-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cervelat"?
"cervelat" is spelled C-E-R-V-E-L-A-T.
What does "cervelat" mean?
As a noun, "cervelat" means: A Swiss smoked sausage made with pork or beef.
What is the origin of the word "cervelat"?
Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list