bercer

\bɛʁ.se\

/\bɛʁ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“bercer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,274
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Balancer avec douceur, afin d'apaiser ou d'endormir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bercer · bercer · French

bercer · rank #36,274 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,274
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bender

Nearest frequency peer: bender (-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 « bercer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bercer » 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).

bercer vs berne
67% similar
bercer vs Bercy
50% similar
bercer vs berge
67% similar

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

Key facts for bercer
PropertyValue
Headwordbercer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bɛʁ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,274
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bercer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bercerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bender » (#36,273), « bidule » (#36,275), « bello » (#36,272). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bercer » est au #36,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bercer (IPA \bɛʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,274 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bercer, with forms such as "bbercer", "becrer", and "berccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "berne", "Bercy", "berge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bercer, spelled B-E-R-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Balancer avec douceur, afin d'apaiser ou d'endormir.
  2. 2
    Balancer dans un berceau.
  3. 3
    Par analogie, imprégner de manière répétée et agréable, en général dès l’enfance.
  4. 4
    Amuser d’espérances fausses ou éloignées.
  5. 5
    Entretenir des espérances frivoles, des idées chimériques.
  6. 6
    Utiliser l'outil appelé berceau pour préparer la plaque de métal à graver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bercer dans ses bras, sur ses genoux.
  2. Il y avait, sur une étoile, une planète, la mienne, la Terre, un petit prince à consoler! Je le pris dans les bras. Je le berçai.

Synonyms

biberonner

This word in other languages

lull(English)mecer(Español)wiegen(Deutsch)embalar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbercer
  • becrer
  • berccer
  • bercerr
  • bercre
  • berecr
  • berrcer
  • brecer
  • ebrcer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bercer - 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.

bbercer1becrer2berccer1bercerr1bercre2berecr2berrcer1brecer2
Edit distance from "bercer"

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 "bercer"?
"bercer" is spelled B-E-R-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.se\.
What does "bercer" mean?
As a verb, "bercer" means: Balancer avec douceur, afin d'apaiser ou d'endormir.
What words are commonly confused with "bercer"?
"bercer" is commonly confused with "berne", "Bercy", "berge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bercer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bercer" is \bɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bercer" come from?
"bercer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bender#36,273bidule#36,275blazer#36,277boomer#36,279

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bécane9 variantsCambon9 variantsCarrère9 variantsArkham9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list