crapaud de mer
\kʁa.po d(ə) mɛʁ\
The verdict
“crapaud 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre dénomination de la baudroie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crapaud-de-mer · crapaud de mer · French
crapaud de mer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | crapaud de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁa.po d(ə) mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crapaud de mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crapaud de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁa.po d(ə) mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
crapaud de mer has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 crapaud de mer, spelled C-R-A-P-A-U-D- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Autre dénomination de la baudroie.
- 2Synonyme de rascasse (poisson).
- 3Synonyme de chaboisseau (poisson).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crapaud de mer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un printemps que je partais pour la Gaspésie y faire du terrain, un ami, grand lettré et fin gourmet, me tint ces propos : « J’ai lu récemment dans la revue Langage, dirigée par Albert Duzat, que la rascasse s’appelle aussi crapaud de mer.
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.