cochon de mer
\kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“cochon 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom attribué au marsouin (mammifère marin).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cochon-de-mer · cochon de mer · French
cochon de mer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cochon de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cochon de mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cochon de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.ʃɔ̃ də mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cochon de mer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cochon de mer, spelled C-O-C-H-O-N- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom attribué au marsouin (mammifère marin).
- 2Synonyme de phoque gris (carnivore marin).
- 3Nom attribué aux balistes (poissons).
- 4Synonyme d’humantin (poisson, requin).
- 5Surnom de la chélonée franche ou tortue verte.
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.