cerf de Virginie
\sɛʁ də viʁ.ʒi.ni\
The verdict
“cerf de Virginie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de cervidé vivant en Amérique (Odocoileus virginianus).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerf-de-virginie · cerf de Virginie · French
cerf de Virginie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerf de Virginie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ də viʁ.ʒi.ni\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cerf de Virginie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cerf de Virginie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ də viʁ.ʒi.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de cervidé vivant en Amérique (Odocoileus virginianus).".
cerf de Virginie has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cerf de Virginie, spelled C-E-R-F- -D-E- -V-I-R-G-I-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de cervidé vivant en Amérique (Odocoileus virginianus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cerf de Virginie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lors d’un recensement effectué en 2017, 32 cerfs de Virginie ont été observés dans ce boisé de 1,8 kilomètre carré. Selon le ministère de la Faune, le seuil acceptable de bêtes, dans ce contexte urbain particulier, devrait être de 15.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.