Which to use
“cerise” and “cerises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,360
- “cerise” frequency rank
- #18,955
- “cerises” frequency rank
- 30315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cerise | cerises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit comestible du cerisier charnu, petit et sphérique et à la peau généralement rouge, qui est une drupe. | Pluriel de cerise. |
Same sound, different letters: cerise vs cerises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: cerise vs cerises
This is the hard kind. cerise and cerises are pronounced identically (\sə.ʁiz\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cerise” sits inside “cerises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cerise is recorded at frequency rank #11,360, classified as anoun, pronounced \sə.ʁiz\. cerises is at rank #18,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sə.ʁiz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30315, this pair ranks #311,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cerise vs cerises
Shared letters: ceirs. Private to "cerise": -. Private to "cerises": -.
"cerise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cerises" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cerise" and "cerises" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cerise" vs "cerises" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"cerise" and "cerises" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cerise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cerises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cerise" and "cerises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerises vs chéries". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #311,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.