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 September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer; deer-like.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cervine · cervine · English
cervine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | cervine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsəːvʌɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cervine” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cervine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’
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.