céleri

/\sɛl.ʁi\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,489

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

céleri is aFrenchnoun. It means: Plante herbacée aromatique bisannuelle potagère de la famille des Apiacées de nom scientifique Apium graveolens dont il existe trois cultigroupes. Pronounced \sɛl.ʁi\. Often confused with celi and celui.

Key facts for céleri
PropertyValue
Headwordcéleri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛl.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,489
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of céleri in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for céleri is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛl.ʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,489 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for céleri, with forms such as "ccéleri", "celeri", and "cléeri". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "celi", "celui", "chéri", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is céleri, spelled C-É-L-E-R-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée aromatique bisannuelle potagère de la famille des Apiacées de nom scientifique Apium graveolens dont il existe trois cultigroupes.
  2. 2
    Céleri-branche (Apium graveolens var. dulce) dont on mange le pétiole et l'hypocotyle.
  3. 3
    Céleri-rave ou céleri boule ou Apium graveolens var. rapaceum dont on mange la tige tubérisée.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccéleri,celeri,cléeri,céelri,céleir,célerri,célleri,célrei,écleri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for céleri

Misspelling Variants of "céleri"

ccéleri7celeri6cléeri6céelri6céleir6célerri7célleri7célrei6
Misspelling Variants of "céleri"

Frequency rank: #34,489 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "céleri"?
"céleri" is spelled C-É-L-E-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛl.ʁi\.
What does "céleri" mean?
As a noun, "céleri" means: Plante herbacée aromatique bisannuelle potagère de la famille des Apiacées de nom scientifique Apium graveolens dont il existe trois cultigroupes.
What words are commonly confused with "céleri"?
"céleri" is commonly confused with "celi", "celui", "chéri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "céleri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "céleri" is \sɛl.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "céleri" come from?
"céleri" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.