serac
se·rac/sɛˈɹæk/noun
serac is spelled S-E-R-A-C: 5 letters and 2 syllables (se·rac). It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, serac means “Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of serac is seracs or séracs.
How many letters and syllables are in serac?
| Letters | 5: S-E-R-A-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: se·rac |
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is serac?
Serac appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce serac?
- UK /sɛˈɹæk/
- UK /ˈsɛɹæk/
- US /sɛˈɹæk/
Serac has 2 syllables, split se·rac in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-serac.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-serac2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with serac?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as serac from its last stressed vowel (/æk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scare, sacre, carse.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of serac
- seracs plural
- sérac
- séracs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does serac mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue.
- 2
A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of serac.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Serac in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sérac |
| German | Schabziger , Sérac |
| Portuguese | serac |
| Spanish | serac |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does serac come from?
From Swiss French sérac (“kind of cheese; sharp tower of ice”), from Franco-Provençal sera, seré, from Latin seraceum, from serum (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”). Sense 2 is from the resemblance of the towers of ice to the cheese, which tends to cleave into rectangular pieces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).