cérium
\se.ʁjɔm\
The verdict
“cérium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 58 et de symbole Ce qui fait partie de la série des lanthanides et des terres rares.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerium · cérium · French
cérium · 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 | cérium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ʁjɔm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cérium » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cérium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ʁjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cérium, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cérium, spelled C-É-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 58 et de symbole Ce qui fait partie de la série des lanthanides et des terres rares.
- 2Métal pur de cet élément, gris-argenté, malléable, et rapidement oxydé à l’air à température ambiante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cérium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cérium, comme tous les lanthanides, est une terre rare.
This word in other languages
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.