se refaire la cerise
\sə ʁə.fɛʁ la sə.ʁiz\
The verdict
“se refaire la cerise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se requinquer ; se refaire une santé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-refaire-la-cerise · se refaire la cerise · French
se refaire la cerise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | se refaire la cerise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ʁə.fɛʁ la sə.ʁiz\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se refaire la cerise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se refaire la cerise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ʁə.fɛʁ la sə.ʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se requinquer ; se refaire une santé.".
se refaire la cerise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 se refaire la cerise, spelled S-E- -R-E-F-A-I-R-E- -L-A- -C-E-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Se requinquer ; se refaire une santé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se refaire la cerise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Tout cela pour te refaire un peu la cerise, dit celui-ci, sans quitter la chaussée du regard.
Disons que dans l’art lyrique, c’est exacerbé : chaque représentation perd de l’argent ; plus un spectacle est joué, plus il en perd ; plus il a du succès, plus il creuse son déficit ; l’opéra se refait la cerise quand il est fermé, par exemple durant l’épidémie de Covid-19.
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.