Cerberus
The verdict
“Cerberus” is uncommon French (frequency #73,814 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,814
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cerbère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerberus · Cerberus · French
Cerberus · rank #73,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,814
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH centuple
Nearest frequency peer: centuple (-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 « Cerberus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cauterets
Cauterets
26,191 corpus weight
- Cayrol
Cayrol
26,190 corpus weight
- caïques
caïques
26,189 corpus weight
- centuple
centuple
26,188 corpus weight
- Cerberus
Cerberus
26,187 corpus weight
- CGV
CGV
26,183 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cerberus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cerberus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cerberus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cerberus is uncommon French at frequency #73,814 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cerbère.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Cerberus in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Cerberus, spelled C-E-R-B-E-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Cerbère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cerberus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant Cerberus vit ceuz venir
S’est Cerberus bien endormi
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.
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