maquereau commun
\ma.kʁo kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“maquereau commun” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de poisson osseux marin scombridé de haute mer de la plupart des mers, dont les écailles sont très brillantes et très colorées, au dos bleu-vert, zébré de raies noires, apprécié pour sa chai...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maquereau commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.kʁo kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maquereau commun” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maquereau commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.kʁo kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de poisson osseux marin scombridé de haute mer de la plupart des mers, dont les écailles sont très brillantes et très colorées, au dos bleu-vert, zébré de raies noires, apprécié pour sa chai...".
maquereau commun has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maquereau commun, spelled M-A-Q-U-E-R-E-A-U- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Espèce de poisson osseux marin scombridé de haute mer de la plupart des mers, dont les écailles sont très brillantes et très colorées, au dos bleu-vert, zébré de raies noires, apprécié pour sa chair et qui fait l’objet de pêche industrielle.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-Q-U-E-R-E-A-U- -C-O-M-M-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.kʁo kɔ.mœ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.