cercueil

\sɛʁ.kœj\

/\sɛʁ.kœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“cercueil” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,925
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse de bois, de plomb, dans laquelle on met le corps d’un mort pour l’ensevelir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cercueil · cercueil · French

cercueil · rank #11,925 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,925
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catastrophes

Nearest frequency peer: catastrophes (-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 « cercueil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cercueil » 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).

cercueil vs cercueils
89% similar

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

Key facts for cercueil
PropertyValue
Headwordcercueil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁ.kœj\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,925
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cercueil »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « catastrophes » (#11,924), « changeant » (#11,926), « caserne » (#11,923). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cercueil » est au #11,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cercueil (IPA \sɛʁ.kœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,925 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 cercueil, with forms such as "ccercueil", "cecrueil", and "cerccueil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cercueils", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cercueil, spelled C-E-R-C-U-E-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caisse de bois, de plomb, dans laquelle on met le corps d’un mort pour l’ensevelir.
  2. 2
    Bière légère à laquelle on ajoute un peu de coca.
  3. 3
    Boisson faite d’un mélange de fonds de bouteilles et destinée à s’enivrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aussi, dans les belles nuits, vous voyez voltiger trois flammes au-dessus de la crevasse où ils sont enterrés : ce sont leurs âmes qui reviennent, car ce n'est pas une sépulture chrétienne qu’un cercueil de glace et un linceul de neige.
  2. C’est dans l’abondance que j’avais grandi, sans me douter de la misère humaine; en une nuit s’écroula l’édifice de notre fortune, et lorsqu’il fallut enterrer mon père, il n’y avait pas de quoi payer le cercueil.

Synonyms

bièreboîtecaissesapincostard en sapincostume en sapinredingote en sapinmazout

This word in other languages

coffin(English)ataúd(Español)Sarg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccercueil
  • cecrueil
  • cerccueil
  • cerceuil
  • cercueill
  • cercueli
  • cercuiel
  • cerrcueil
  • ceruceil
  • crecueil
  • ecrcueil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cercueil - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccercueil1cecrueil2cerccueil1cerceuil2cercueill1cercueli2cercuiel2cerrcueil1
Edit distance from "cercueil"

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 "cercueil"?
"cercueil" is spelled C-E-R-C-U-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁ.kœj\.
What does "cercueil" mean?
As a noun, "cercueil" means: Caisse de bois, de plomb, dans laquelle on met le corps d’un mort pour l’ensevelir.
What words are commonly confused with "cercueil"?
"cercueil" is commonly confused with "cercueils". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cercueil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cercueil" is \sɛʁ.kœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cercueil" come from?
"cercueil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

barbarie11 variantsconfère11 variantscroisade11 variantsanimales11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list