cernir
[seɾˈniɾ]
The verdict
“cernir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de cerner.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cernir · cernir · Spanish
cernir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | cernir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seɾˈniɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cernir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cernir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [seɾˈniɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de cerner.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cernir, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cernir, spelled C-E-R-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Variante de cerner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cernir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y sobre todo este mundo por el que muerta se desliza, parece haberse detenido y cernirse, eterna, la lívida luz de un relámpago. El cielo, sin embargo, está cargado de astros; estrella que ella mire, como respondiendo a un llamado, corre veloz y cae.
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.