cercueil
\sɛʁ.kœj\
The verdict
“cercueil” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,925 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,925
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caisse de bois, de plomb, dans laquelle on met le corps d’un mort pour l’ensevelir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cercueil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.kœj\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cercueil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cercueil is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛʁ.kœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,925 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Caisse de bois, de plomb, dans laquelle on met le corps d’un mort pour l’ensevelir.
- 2Bière légère à laquelle on ajoute un peu de coca.
- 3Boisson faite d’un mélange de fonds de bouteilles et destinée à s’enivrer.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “cercueil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-R-C-U-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛʁ.kœj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cercueils” - see the side-by-side comparison. cercueil vs cercueils
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.