Cerdagne

\sɛʁ.daɲ\

/\sɛʁ.daɲ\/ name

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The verdict

“Cerdagne” is uncommon French (frequency #51,345 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,345
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comarque historique de Catalogne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cerdagne · Cerdagne · French

Cerdagne · rank #51,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,345
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centralise

Nearest frequency peer: centralise (-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 « Cerdagne »

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 « Cerdagne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cerdagne
PropertyValue
HeadwordCerdagne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sɛʁ.daɲ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cerdagne » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cerdagnetombe 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: « centralise » (#51,344), « chapo » (#51,346), « centralisateur » (#51,343). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cerdagne » est au #51,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cerdagne is uncommon French at frequency #51,345 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛʁ.daɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Cerdagne has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Cerdagne, spelled C-E-R-D-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Comarque historique de Catalogne.
  2. 2
    Zone géographique la plus occidentale et la plus élevée des contrées du département français des Pyrénées-Orientales qui s'étend le long de la frontière, également appelée Haute Cerdagne.
  3. 3
    Basse Cerdagne, comarque de Catalogne située dans la province de Gérone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On appelle «Basse Cerdagne» la partie espagnole, et la «Haute Cerdagne» la partie française, car située dans la moitié amont de ce bassin.

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

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

Same letter count

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

chipoter#51,351cappella#51,336Clotaire#51,361brièveté#51,323

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list