cerisier

\sə.ʁi.zje\

/\sə.ʁi.zje\/ noun

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The verdict

“cerisier” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,877
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre qui porte les cerises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cerisier · cerisier · French

cerisier · rank #31,877 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,877
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cei

Nearest frequency peer: cei (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cerisier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cerisier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cerisier vs certifier
78% similar
cerisier vs chemisier
78% similar
cerisier vs cerisiers
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cerisier
PropertyValue
Headwordcerisier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sə.ʁi.zje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,877
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cerisier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cerisierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cei » (#31,876), « Chambly » (#31,878), « cataclysme » (#31,875). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cerisier » est au #31,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cerisier (IPA \sə.ʁi.zje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,877 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerisier, with forms such as "ccerisier", "ceirsier", and "ceriiser". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "certifier", "chemisier", "cerisiers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 cerisier, spelled C-E-R-I-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre qui porte les cerises.
  2. 2
    Le bois de cet arbre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cerisier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La plupart des montagnes de Walachie sont garnies de bois composés de poiriers, de cerisiers, d’abricotiers et autres arbres fruitiers qui donnent aux forêts l’aspect d’immenses vergers.
  2. Un cantinier qui se rase sur l’accotement, sa glace pendue à un cerisier, attend avec nervosité, la figure débordant de mousse, que nous ayons fini de faire trembler la route.

This word in other languages

cherry tree(English)cerezo(Español)Kirschbaum(Deutsch)cerejeira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerisier
  • ceirsier
  • ceriiser
  • ceriseir
  • cerisierr
  • cerisire
  • cerissier
  • cerrisier
  • cersiier
  • creisier
  • ecrisier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cerisier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccerisier1ceirsier2ceriiser2ceriseir2cerisierr1cerisire2cerissier1cerrisier1
Edit distance from "cerisier"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerisier"?
"cerisier" is spelled C-E-R-I-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.ʁi.zje\.
What does "cerisier" mean?
As a noun, "cerisier" means: Arbre qui porte les cerises.
What words are commonly confused with "cerisier"?
"cerisier" is commonly confused with "certifier", "chemisier", "cerisiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerisier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerisier" is \sə.ʁi.zje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerisier" come from?
"cerisier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cerisier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

classeur#31,888clavecin#31,889Brittany#31,861bonheurs#31,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chercha11 variantscarcasses11 variantsciblant11 variantsbronzer11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list