Cerigo
\se.ʁi.go\
The verdict
“Cerigo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Cérigo (Cythère), île de Grèce de la mer Égée, située entre la presqu’île de Péloponnèse et l’île de Crète.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerigo · Cerigo · French
Cerigo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Cerigo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \se.ʁi.go\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cerigo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cerigo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \se.ʁi.go\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Cérigo (Cythère), île de Grèce de la mer Égée, située entre la presqu’île de Péloponnèse et l’île de Crète.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Cerigo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Cerigo, spelled C-E-R-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Variante de Cérigo (Cythère), île de Grèce de la mer Égée, située entre la presqu’île de Péloponnèse et l’île de Crète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cerigo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lendemain, 16 février, nous quittions ce bassin qui, entre Rhodes et Alexandrie, compte des profondeurs de trois mille mètres, et le Nautilus passant au large de Cerigo, abandonnait l’archipel grec, après avoir doublé le cap Matapan.
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.