Cers
\tseːɐ̯s\
The verdict
“Cers” is uncommon French (frequency #79,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,145
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Génitif singulier de Cer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cers · Cers · French
Cers · rank #79,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,145
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CCG
Nearest frequency peer: CCG (-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 « Cers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- castral
castral
20,859 corpus weight
- catastrophi…
catastrophisme
20,858 corpus weight
- CCG
CCG
20,857 corpus weight
- Cers
Cers
20,856 corpus weight
- Chanzy
Chanzy
20,855 corpus weight
- charançon
charançon
20,854 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tseːɐ̯s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cers is uncommon French at frequency #79,145 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tseːɐ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Génitif singulier de Cer.".
Cers doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Cers, spelled C-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Génitif singulier de Cer.
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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