cèpe de Bordeaux
\sɛp də bɔʁ.do\
The verdict
“cèpe de Bordeaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de champignons à tubes, au chapeau convexe, brun à roux, au pied sans anneau, trapu puis cylindrique, beige pâle réticulé, et à chair blanche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cèpe de Bordeaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛp də bɔʁ.do\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cèpe de Bordeaux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cèpe de Bordeaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛp də bɔʁ.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de champignons à tubes, au chapeau convexe, brun à roux, au pied sans anneau, trapu puis cylindrique, beige pâle réticulé, et à chair blanche.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cèpe de Bordeaux in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cèpe de Bordeaux, spelled C-È-P-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Espèce de champignons à tubes, au chapeau convexe, brun à roux, au pied sans anneau, trapu puis cylindrique, beige pâle réticulé, et à chair blanche.
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Using “cèpe de Bordeaux”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-È-P-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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