cerf élaphe
\sɛ.ʁ‿e.laf\
The verdict
“cerf élaphe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de grand cervidé des forêts tempérées d'Europe et d'Asie, muni d'un « cimier » plus clair sur la croupe des adultes des deux sexes, dont le nombre de sous-espèces est en discussion parmi les...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerf élaphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ.ʁ‿e.laf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerf élaphe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cerf élaphe is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛ.ʁ‿e.laf\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Espèce de grand cervidé des forêts tempérées d'Europe et d'Asie, muni d'un « cimier » plus clair sur la croupe des adultes des deux sexes, dont le nombre de sous-espèces est en discussion parmi les...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cerf élaphe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cerf élaphe, spelled C-E-R-F- -É-L-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand cervidé des forêts tempérées d'Europe et d'Asie, muni d'un « cimier » plus clair sur la croupe des adultes des deux sexes, dont le nombre de sous-espèces est en discussion parmi les taxonomistes.
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Using “cerf élaphe”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-E-R-F- -É-L-A-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛ.ʁ‿e.laf\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.