Kerbéros

\kɛʁ.be.ʁos\

/\kɛʁ.be.ʁos\/ name

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The verdict

“Kerbéros” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lune de Pluton découverte le 28 juin 2011.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kerberos · Kerbéros · French

Kerbéros · 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 "K" 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 Kerbéros
PropertyValue
HeadwordKerbéros
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɛʁ.be.ʁos\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Kerbéros” sits in French frequency

Kerbéros falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Kerbéros is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɛʁ.be.ʁos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lune de Pluton découverte le 28 juin 2011.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Kerbéros in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Kerbéros, spelled K-E-R-B-É-R-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lune de Pluton découverte le 28 juin 2011.

Synonyms

Cerbère

This word in other languages

Kerberos(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kerbéros"?
"Kerbéros" is spelled K-E-R-B-É-R-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛʁ.be.ʁos\.
What does "Kerbéros" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kerbéros" means: Lune de Pluton découverte le 28 juin 2011.
How do you pronounce "Kerbéros"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kerbéros" is \kɛʁ.be.ʁos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kerbéros" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list