cervoise
\sɛʁ.vwaz\
The verdict
“cervoise” 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 bière d’orge ou de blé, faite avec des herbes mais sans houblon, en usage dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cervoise · cervoise · French
cervoise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cervoise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʁ.vwaz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cervoise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cervoise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʁ.vwaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de bière d’orge ou de blé, faite avec des herbes mais sans houblon, en usage dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cervoise in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cervoise, spelled C-E-R-V-O-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de bière d’orge ou de blé, faite avec des herbes mais sans houblon, en usage dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cervoise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur ces tables reluisaient quelques pots ruisselants de vin et de cervoise.
On y but la bière brune, la bière blanche, la double bière, le lambic, le faro, le pale-ale, le scoth-ale, le porter et le stout, sans oublier la cervoise; […].
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.