cherry on the cake
"cherry-on-the-cake" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cherry on the cake” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of icing on the cake.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cherry-on-the-cake · cherry on the cake · English
cherry on the cake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cherry on the cake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cherry on the cake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cherry on the cake is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of icing on the cake.".
cherry on the cake doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: A reference to cakes which are sometimes topped with cherries. A cognate with French la cerise sur le gâteau, Italian la ciliegina sulla torta, Romanian cireașa de pe tort. The correct English form is cherry on the cake, spelled C-H-E-R-R-Y- -O-N- -T-H-E- -C-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of icing on the cake.
Etymology
A reference to cakes which are sometimes topped with cherries. A cognate with French la cerise sur le gâteau, Italian la ciliegina sulla torta, Romanian cireașa de pe tort.
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.