cerbère

\sɛʁ.bɛʁ\

/\sɛʁ.bɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cerbère” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,223
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gardien sévère, par allusion au chien à trois têtes qui, selon la fable, gardait la porte des Enfers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cerbere · cerbère · French

cerbère · rank #42,223 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,223
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centrifuge

Nearest frequency peer: centrifuge (-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 « cerbère »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cerbère » 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).

cerbère vs cerner
57% similar
cerbère vs cernée
57% similar
cerbère vs corbière
75% similar

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

Key facts for cerbère
PropertyValue
Headwordcerbère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁ.bɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,223
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cerbère »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cerbèrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « centrifuge » (#42,222), « causeur » (#42,221), « chablis » (#42,225). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cerbère » est au #42,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cerbère (IPA \sɛʁ.bɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,223 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerbère, with forms such as "ccerbère", "cebrère", and "cerbbère". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cerner", "cernée", "corbière", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cerbère, spelled C-E-R-B-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gardien sévère, par allusion au chien à trois têtes qui, selon la fable, gardait la porte des Enfers.
  2. 2
    Gardien de but, surtout au hockey.
  3. 3
    Meuble représentant l’animal mythologique du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté avec deux têtes tournées à dextre, la troisième contournée, chacune la gueule béante. Une tête de serpent orne l’extrémité de la queue et est orientée à senestre. Il suit les principes de blasonnement des quadrupèdes. À rapprocher de chien, goupil, levrette, lévrier, loup et renard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’huis réservé s'ouvrit et le cerbère chargé de le garder sourit à Pibrac qui ne lui ménageait pas les gratifications […].
  2. — Montrez-moi vos papiers ! dit le cerbère, un Tatar colossal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerbère
  • cebrère
  • cerbbère
  • cerbere
  • cerbrèe
  • cerbèer
  • cerbèrre
  • cerrbère
  • cerèbre
  • crebère
  • ecrbère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccerbère1cebrère2cerbbère1cerbere1cerbrèe2cerbèer2cerbèrre1cerrbère1
Edit distance from "cerbère"

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 "cerbère"?
"cerbère" is spelled C-E-R-B-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁ.bɛʁ\.
What does "cerbère" mean?
As a noun, "cerbère" means: Gardien sévère, par allusion au chien à trois têtes qui, selon la fable, gardait la porte des Enfers.
What words are commonly confused with "cerbère"?
"cerbère" is commonly confused with "cerner", "cernée", "corbière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerbère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerbère" is \sɛʁ.bɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerbère" come from?
"cerbère" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

causeur#42,221chablis#42,225cassait#42,219Chatham#42,228

Similar misspelling depth

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

cadrans11 variantsBrasilia11 variantscrédule11 variantsbicêtre11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list