cerise sur le sundae
\sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\
The verdict
“cerise sur le sundae” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cerise sur le gâteau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerise-sur-le-sundae · cerise sur le sundae · French
cerise sur le sundae · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « cerise sur le sundae » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cerise sur le sundae is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sə.ʁiz syʁ lə sɔn.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cerise sur le sundae appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Notre cerise sur le sundae, c’est d’avoir le feu en avant de nous autres, avoir la lance, être en avant et contrôler le feu, de jouer avec lui. »
Le crime n’est pas une cerise sur le sundae anormal de la déviance. Si ce n’est pas toujours le cas, la sociologie de la déviance et du contrôle social saisit typiquement le crime comme construction sociale […].
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.