cervine
/ˈsəːvʌɪn/
"cervine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cervine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer; deer-like.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cervine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsəːvʌɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cervine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cervine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsəːvʌɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer; deer-like.".
cervine has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”). The correct English form is cervine, spelled C-E-R-V-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer; deer-like.
Etymology
From Latin cervīnus, from cervus (“deer”).
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.
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Using “cervine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-R-V-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsəːvʌɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.