marée basse
\ma.ʁe bas\
The verdict
“marée basse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Période de la journée où l’attraction conjuguée de la lune et du soleil est au minimum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maree-basse · marée basse · French
marée basse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | marée basse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁe bas\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marée basse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marée basse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁe bas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for marée basse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is marée basse, spelled M-A-R-É-E- -B-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Période de la journée où l’attraction conjuguée de la lune et du soleil est au minimum.
- 2Verre vide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marée basse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’un vent de nord-ouest pousse les eaux vers le sud, surtout au moment de la marée basse, on peut traverser le golfe à cheval, ou même à pied, en allant au nord.
Pas de mer ! C’était la marée basse. Il n’y avait que du sable à perte de vue, et puis une étroite bande luisante, très, très loin.
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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.