cernes

/\sɛʁn\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,275

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cernes is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de cerne. Pronounced \sɛʁn\. Often confused with CNES and créés.

Key facts for cernes
PropertyValue
Headwordcernes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,275
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cernes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cernes is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛʁn\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,275 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de cerne.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cernes, with forms such as "ccernes", "cenres", and "cerens". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CNES", "créés", "corne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cernes, spelled C-E-R-N-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cerne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccernes,cenres,cerens,cerness,cernnes,cernse,cerrnes,crenes,ecrnes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cernes

Misspelling Variants of "cernes"

ccernes7cenres6cerens6cerness7cernnes7cernse6cerrnes7crenes6
Misspelling Variants of "cernes"

Frequency rank: #29,275 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cernes"?
"cernes" is spelled C-E-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁn\.
What does "cernes" mean?
As a noun, "cernes" means: Pluriel de cerne.
What words are commonly confused with "cernes"?
"cernes" is commonly confused with "CNES", "créés", "corne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cernes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cernes" is \sɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cernes" come from?
"cernes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.