Seraïewo
The verdict
“Seraïewo” 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 September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom français de Sarajevo, ville de Bosnie-Herzégovine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-seraiewo · Seraïewo · French
Seraïewo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Seraïewo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Seraïewo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Seraïewo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom français de Sarajevo, ville de Bosnie-Herzégovine.".
Seraïewo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Seraïewo, spelled S-E-R-A-Ï-E-W-O.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom français de Sarajevo, ville de Bosnie-Herzégovine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Seraïewo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Affreuse boucherie d'hommes à Seraïewo, et résistance à l'occupation autrichienne. »
« On tue environ chaque année en Bosnie, d'après une statistique officielle, 150 ours, 1,200 loups, 200 lynx, 600 blaireaux, 8,000 renards, 300 belettes, 10,000 lièvres, 3,000 chats sauvages et autant de martres dont les peaux sont envoyées à Seraïewo, pour être transportées de là soit à Trieste, soit à Leipzig. »
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.