cervelet
\sɛʁ.və.lɛ\
The verdict
“cervelet” is uncommon French (frequency #55,806 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,806
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie postérieure de l'encéphale, en arrière du cerveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cervelet · cervelet · French
cervelet · rank #55,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,806
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH cerro
Nearest frequency peer: cerro (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cervelet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cem
cem
44,198 corpus weight
- cendrée
cendrée
44,197 corpus weight
- cerro
cerro
44,196 corpus weight
- cervelet
cervelet
44,195 corpus weight
- chamade
chamade
44,194 corpus weight
- chamboulée
chamboulée
44,193 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cervelet” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cervelet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.və.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cervelet” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cervelet is uncommon French at frequency #55,806 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.və.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie postérieure de l'encéphale, en arrière du cerveau.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cervelet in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cervelet, spelled C-E-R-V-E-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1Partie postérieure de l'encéphale, en arrière du cerveau.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cervelet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.