cervelas
\sɛʁ.və.la\
The verdict
“cervelas” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de saucisson court rempli de viande de porc, de bœuf, de lard et épicé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cervelas · cervelas · French
cervelas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | cervelas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.və.la\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cervelas is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.və.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cervelas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cervelas, spelled C-E-R-V-E-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de saucisson court rempli de viande de porc, de bœuf, de lard et épicé.
- 2Espèce de basson dont les tuyaux sont repliés dans une boite cylindrique.
- 3Marbre rouge veiné de blanc, nommé ainsi par analogie d’aspect, de couleur avec la charcuterie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cervelas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ouvris donc mon sac, je tirai le chapelet de cervelas et j’en remis deux à Zébédé, ce qui lui fit venir les larmes aux yeux.
À part les manèges, les tirs, les hideux bazars forains, exception faite pour les carrousels qui mettent le mal de mer à la portée des classes laborieuses, tandis que mugissent les orgues hydrauliques, maladie exécrable de l’oreille et que les suppôts du Roi de Thune pilonnent, avec l’assentiment du maigre Lépine, les électeurs agglomérés ; à part ces men…
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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.