étoile de mer
\e.twal də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“étoile 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Animal marin échinoderme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étoile de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.twal də mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “étoile de mer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for étoile de mer is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.twal də mɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for étoile de mer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étoile de mer, spelled É-T-O-I-L-E- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Animal marin échinoderme.
- 2Position du Kâmasûtra qui commence avec la personne réceptive allongée sur le dos une jambe pliée et une jambe tendue, et la personne insertive, assise sur la jambe tendue.
- 3Position passive d’un partenaire allongé sur le dos, les bras et les jambes écartés, en forme d’étoile de mer.
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 “étoile de mer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-T-O-I-L-E- -D-E- -M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.twal 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.