berceuse

\bɛʁ.søz\

/\bɛʁ.søz\/ noun

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The verdict

“berceuse” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,993
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme chargée de bercer un enfant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-berceuse · berceuse · French

berceuse · rank #33,993 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,993
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Beaucaire

Nearest frequency peer: Beaucaire (-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 « berceuse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « berceuse » 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).

berceuse vs because
75% similar

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

Key facts for berceuse
PropertyValue
Headwordberceuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛʁ.søz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,993
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « berceuse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.berceusese 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 « Beaucaire » (#33,992), « Bergman » (#33,994), « bashing » (#33,990). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « berceuse » est au #33,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around berceuse (IPA \bɛʁ.søz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,993 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for berceuse, with forms such as "bberceuse", "becreuse", and "bercceuse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "because", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is berceuse, spelled B-E-R-C-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme chargée de bercer un enfant.
  2. 2
    Forme musicale instrumentale ou vocale destinée à endormir les enfants.
  3. 3
    Rocking-chair sans mécanisme, monté sur des berceaux ; rarement utilisé en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; cette succession de grands noms de duchesses, de marquises et de belles dames, les gouvernantes et les sous-gouvernantes, et les dames pour accompagner, les femmes de chambre, les dames d'atours, les habilleuses, les berceuses, les feutières, les remueuses, tout un monde de femmes qu'on se représente si élégamment délicates, si pleines de respectueu…
  2. – Slick ! Ouvre ! – Quoi encore ? J’ai pas commandé une berceuse. – Rex te laisse dire que le job, c’est pour demain soir.

This word in other languages

nursemaid(English)canción de cuna(Español)Wiegenlied(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bberceuse
  • becreuse
  • bercceuse
  • bercesue
  • berceues
  • berceusse
  • bercuese
  • berecuse
  • berrceuse
  • breceuse
  • ebrceuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bberceuse1becreuse2bercceuse1bercesue2berceues2berceusse1bercuese2berecuse2
Edit distance from "berceuse"

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 "berceuse"?
"berceuse" is spelled B-E-R-C-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛʁ.søz\.
What does "berceuse" mean?
As a noun, "berceuse" means: Femme chargée de bercer un enfant.
What words are commonly confused with "berceuse"?
"berceuse" is commonly confused with "because". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "berceuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "berceuse" is \bɛʁ.søz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "berceuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bruyères#34,003Artagnan#33,982arrêtais#33,981cabarets#34,007

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Beaucaire11 variantsBergman11 variantsbashing11 variantsbraguette11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list