cervidé

\sɛʁ.vi.de\

/\sɛʁ.vi.de\/ noun

The verdict

“cervidé” 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) - Mammifère ruminant présentant un nombre pair de doigts et portant généralement des bois, au moins en ce qui concerne le mâle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cervide · cervidé · French

cervidé · 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.

Key facts for cervidé
PropertyValue
Headwordcervidé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛʁ.vi.de\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cervidé » en français

cervidéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cervidé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.vi.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mammifère ruminant présentant un nombre pair de doigts et portant généralement des bois, au moins en ce qui concerne le mâle.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cervidé, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cervidé, spelled C-E-R-V-I-D-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mammifère ruminant présentant un nombre pair de doigts et portant généralement des bois, au moins en ce qui concerne le mâle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cervidé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le plus grand cervidé (l’élan ou l’orignal) a la taille d’un grand cheval, le plus petit (le pudu ou poudou) a celle d’un lièvre.
  2. Acil portait un cervidé qu’ils venaient de tuer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cervidé"?
"cervidé" is spelled C-E-R-V-I-D-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛʁ.vi.de\.
What does "cervidé" mean?
As a noun, "cervidé" means: Mammifère ruminant présentant un nombre pair de doigts et portant généralement des bois, au moins en ce qui concerne le mâle.
How do you pronounce "cervidé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cervidé" is \sɛʁ.vi.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cervidé" come from?
"cervidé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list