Cernay
\sɛʁ.nɛ\
The verdict
“Cernay” is uncommon French (frequency #59,873 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,873
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cernay · Cernay · French
Cernay · rank #59,873 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,873
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH census
Nearest frequency peer: census (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Cernay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- casi
casi
40,131 corpus weight
- Caterina
Caterina
40,130 corpus weight
- census
census
40,129 corpus weight
- Cernay
Cernay
40,128 corpus weight
- cessaient
cessaient
40,126 corpus weight
- cetera
cetera
40,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cernay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cernay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cernay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cernay is uncommon French at frequency #59,873 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cernay, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cernay, spelled C-E-R-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
- 3Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
- 4Commune française, située dans le département de la Vienne.
- 5Canton français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cernay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On craint un retour des Allemands par Cernay et nous attendons jusqu'au soir face au Nord, dans les vergers.
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.
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