eau de mer
\o də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“eau 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau salée des mers et des océans de la Terre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-de-mer · eau de mer · French
eau de mer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | eau de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o də mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau de mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o də mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau salée des mers et des océans de la Terre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for eau de mer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is eau de mer, spelled E-A-U- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Eau salée des mers et des océans de la Terre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eau de mer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand il fut bien clair que rien d’autres ne serait sauvé, ils revinrent à la rive, tout ruisselants d’eau de mer.
La salinité moyenne de l'eau de mer est de 35 g/L.
This word in other languages
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.