cerve
\sɛʁv\
The verdict
“cerve” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biche (femelle du cerf).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cerve · cerve · French
cerve · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | cerve |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁv\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cerve » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cerve is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Biche (femelle du cerf).".
No misspelling variants are generated for cerve in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 cerve, spelled C-E-R-V-E.
Definition
- 1Biche (femelle du cerf).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cerve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Là une cerve, nourrie elle aussi du lait de la sirène, l’enlève et lui procure du pain et de la viande.
L’enfant se trouve un jour seul sur un navire, séparé de son père et de sa mère : une sirène le nourrit d’abord de son lait, puis, une cerve d’Arménie; il grandit au milieu de mille dangers, épouse la belle Blanchandine et devient le père.... de Raymond de Saint-Gilles.
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.