brème de mer

Name: brème de mer, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\bʁɛm də mɛʁ\

/\bʁɛm də mɛʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom courant appliqué à diverses espèces de poissons de la famille des sparidés, entre autres le pagre commun ou à toutes les espèces de cette famille de poissons.

Key facts for brème de mer
Property	Value
Headword	brème de mer
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\bʁɛm də mɛʁ\
Letters	12
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brème de mer” sits in French frequency

brème de mer 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

brème de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bʁɛm də mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom courant appliqué à diverses espèces de poissons de la famille des sparidés, entre autres le pagre commun ou à toutes les espèces de cette famille de poissons.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for brème de mer, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brème de mer, spelled B-R-È-M-E- -D-E- -M-E-R.

Definition

1
Nom courant appliqué à diverses espèces de poissons de la famille des sparidés, entre autres le pagre commun ou à toutes les espèces de cette famille de poissons.

This word in other languages

silver bream(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brème de mer"?

"brème de mer" is spelled B-R-È-M-E- -D-E- -M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛm də mɛʁ\.

What does "brème de mer" mean?

As a noun, "brème de mer" means: Nom courant appliqué à diverses espèces de poissons de la famille des sparidés, entre autres le pagre commun ou à toutes les espèces de cette famille de poissons.

How do you pronounce "brème de mer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "brème de mer" is \bʁɛm də mɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "brème de mer" come from?

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Using “brème de mer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is B-R-È-M-E- -D-E- -M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \bʁɛm də mɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.