cernure
\sɛʁ.nyʁ\
The verdict
“cernure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de cerne (cercle sombre autour de l’œil).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cernure · cernure · French
cernure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | cernure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.nyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cernure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cernure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.nyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cernure, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cernure, spelled C-E-R-N-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de cerne (cercle sombre autour de l’œil).
- 2Délimitation d’une forme, de ses contours (par un trait dans un dessin, un sillon dans une gravure, le chemin de plomb dans un vitrail…).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cernure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses yeux avaient gardé une douceur admirable, mais la chair s’était creusée à l’entour, et cette cernure leur donnait une profondeur et comme un regard lointain.
Après un moment apparaissaient les ménagères, boulottes ou trop maigres, ridées, ébouriffées, édentées, les seins tombants, les yeux gros avec des cernures bleues et de la cire dans les coins, toutes ridicules.
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.