cerise

/\sə.ʁiz\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,360

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cerise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe. Pronounced \sə.ʁiz\. Often confused with Cris and Crie.

Key facts for cerise
PropertyValue
Headwordcerise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.ʁiz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,360
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cerise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cerise is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.ʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,360 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerise, with forms such as "ccerise", "ceirse", and "ceries". 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, "Cris", "Crie", "cese", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cerise, spelled C-E-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe.
  2. 2
    Fruit du caféier, qui contient deux noyaux, les grains de café.
  3. 3
    Cerises à l’eau-de-vie.
  4. 4
    Malchance, guigne, poisse.
  5. 5
    Gyrophare de police (qui est habituellement rouge).
  6. 6
    Virginité, pour une femme.
  7. 7
    Visage, tête.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccerise,ceirse,ceries,cerisse,cerrise,cersie,creise,ecrise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cerise

Misspelling Variants of "cerise"

ccerise7ceirse6ceries6cerisse7cerrise7cersie6creise6ecrise6
Misspelling Variants of "cerise"

Frequency rank: #11,360 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerise"?
"cerise" is spelled C-E-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.ʁiz\.
What does "cerise" mean?
As a noun, "cerise" means: Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe.
What words are commonly confused with "cerise"?
"cerise" is commonly confused with "Cris", "Crie", "cese". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerise" is \sə.ʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerise" come from?
"cerise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: 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.