eau de mer
\o də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“eau de mer” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eau salée des mers et des océans de la Terre.
| 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) |
Where “eau de mer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for eau de mer is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o də mɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “eau de mer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-A-U- -D-E- -M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o 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.