Schérer

name

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The verdict

“Schérer” is uncommon French (frequency #90,179 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,179
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scherer · Schérer · French

Schérer · rank #90,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,179
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scuola

Nearest frequency peer: scuola (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Schérer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Schérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schérer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Schérer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Schérertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « scuola » (#90,180), « Savenay » (#90,177), « scusez » (#90,181). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Schérer » est au #90,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schérer is uncommon French at frequency #90,179 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Schérer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Schérer, spelled S-C-H-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il en appela à la « vigilance nationale » contre la mansuétude des députés à l’égard des ex-Directeurs et de l’ex-ministre Schérer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schérer"?
"Schérer" is spelled S-C-H-É-R-E-R.
What does "Schérer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Schérer" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Schérer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schérer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Savenay#90,177siempre#90,193résonna#90,156récrire#90,152

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list