cera

\θeɾa\

/\θeɾa\/ noun

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The verdict

“cera” is uncommon French (frequency #67,366 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,366
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cera · cera · French

cera · rank #67,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,366
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cazaux

Nearest frequency peer: Cazaux (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cera »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cera » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cera
PropertyValue
Headwordcera
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\θeɾa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,366
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cera » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ceratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cazaux » (#67,365), « cauchemard » (#67,364), « chalut » (#67,368). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cera » est au #67,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cera is uncommon French at frequency #67,366 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \θeɾa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cera, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cera, spelled C-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cire.

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 "cera"?
"cera" is spelled C-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \θeɾa\.
What does "cera" mean?
As a noun, "cera" means: Cire.
How do you pronounce "cera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cera" is \θeɾa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cera" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cato#67,363coni#67,396bory#67,332cose#67,403

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list