berce

\bɛʁs\

/\bɛʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“berce” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,177
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berce · berce · French

berce · rank #39,177 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,177
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH benji

Nearest frequency peer: benji (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « berce »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « berce » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

berce vs bre
60% similar
berce vs brie
60% similar
berce vs Bert
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for berce
PropertyValue
Headwordberce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,177
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « berce »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bercese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « benji » (#39,176), « besse » (#39,178), « bellegarde » (#39,175). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « berce » est au #39,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around berce (IPA \bɛʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,177 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for berce, with forms such as "bberce", "becre", and "bercce". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bre", "brie", "Bert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is berce, spelled B-E-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.
  2. 2
    Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.
  3. 3
    Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.
  4. 4
    Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.
  5. 5
    Essence de berce brancursine et essence de fruit de berce géante.
  6. 6
    Bières ou liqueurs de berce, boissons très alcoolisées fabriquées en Lituanie, en Pologne et en Russie par la fermentation de graines et de feuilles de berce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how berce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur un lit de fougère fraîche deux grandes feuilles de patience se faisaient vis-à-vis en guise d’assiettes et sur une feuille de berce beaucoup plus grande, comme il convient pour un plat, la perche était dressée entourée de cresson.
  2. Les pelouses que nous préférions et dont profitait notre amour étaient toutes blanchies d’ombelles, les unes légères, les autres, celles de la grande berce, opaques et considérablement élargies.

This word in other languages

hogweed(English)Bärenklau(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bberce
  • becre
  • bercce
  • berec
  • berrce
  • brece
  • ebrce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of berce - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bberce1becre2bercce1berec2berrce1brece2ebrce2
Edit distance from "berce"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "berce"?
"berce" is spelled B-E-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁs\.
What does "berce" mean?
As a noun, "berce" means: Plante de la famille des Apiacées, croissant et se développant dans les terrains humides de toute l'Europe.
What words are commonly confused with "berce"?
"berce" is commonly confused with "bre", "brie", "Bert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berce" is \bɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berce" come from?
"berce" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "berce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

benji#39,176besse#39,178binet#39,181bouin#39,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Avalon7 variantsbuzzer7 variantscaduc7 variantsAlyssa7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list