Cérès

\se.ʁɛs\

/\se.ʁɛs\/ name

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The verdict

“Cérès” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,738
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déesse romaine de l’agriculture, des moissons et de la fécondité ; fille de Saturne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ceres · Cérès · French

Cérès · rank #39,738 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,738
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH daigne

Nearest frequency peer: daigne (+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 « Cérès »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Cérès » 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).

Cérès vs ces
20% similar
Cérès vs CRS
20% similar
Cérès vs Cré
40% similar

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

Key facts for Cérès
PropertyValue
HeadwordCérès
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\se.ʁɛs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,738
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cérès »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « daigne » (#39,739), « cts » (#39,736), « Dalmatie » (#39,740). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cérès » est au #39,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Cérès (IPA \se.ʁɛs\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,738 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cérès, with forms such as "ccérès", "ceres", and "créès". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ces", "CRS", "Cré", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Cérès, spelled C-É-R-È-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déesse romaine de l’agriculture, des moissons et de la fécondité ; fille de Saturne.
  2. 2
    Blé ; pain.
  3. 3
    (Par antonomase) Belle femme blonde.
  4. 4
    Timbres-poste français ou portugais représentant la déesse romaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On ouvrit la séance par un sacrifice à Cérès. Des prêtres immolèrent un jeune cochon, et de son sang purifièrent l’enceinte.
  2. J’aurai l’impression de rendre hommage à Cérès, déesse de la fécondité.

Synonyms

DéméterMammosa⚳

This word in other languages

Ceres(English)Ceres(Español)Ceres(Deutsch)Ceres(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccérès
  • ceres
  • créès
  • cérrès
  • cérsè
  • cérèss
  • céèrs
  • écrès

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccérès1ceres2créès2cérrès1cérsè2cérèss1céèrs2écrès2
Edit distance from "Cérès"

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 "Cérès"?
"Cérès" is spelled C-É-R-È-S. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁɛs\.
What does "Cérès" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cérès" means: Déesse romaine de l’agriculture, des moissons et de la fécondité ; fille de Saturne.
What words are commonly confused with "Cérès"?
"Cérès" is commonly confused with "ces", "CRS", "Cré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cérès"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cérès" is \se.ʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cérès" come from?
"Cérès" 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 "Cérès", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

degas#39,742croft#39,733doing#39,751dorer#39,753

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

daigne8 variantsciudad8 variantsdômes8 variantsEgypt8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list