cerise sur le sundae
\sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\
The verdict
“cerise sur le sundae” 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
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cerise sur le gâteau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerise sur le sundae |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerise sur le sundae” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cerise sur le sundae is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for cerise sur le sundae in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cerise sur le sundae, spelled C-E-R-I-S-E- -S-U-R- -L-E- -S-U-N-D-A-E.
Definition
- 1Cerise sur le gâteau.
- 2Qui dépasse les limites, qu’on ne peut faire pire, qui dépasse les pires attentes des gens.
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.
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Using “cerise sur le sundae”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-R-I-S-E- -S-U-R- -L-E- -S-U-N-D-A-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.