marée descendante
\ma.ʁe dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
The verdict
“marée descendante” 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
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reflux. Période de la journée à partir de la marée haute jusqu’à la marée basse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marée descendante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁe dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marée descendante” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for marée descendante is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʁe dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. 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: "Reflux. Période de la journée à partir de la marée haute jusqu’à la marée basse.".
marée descendante doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marée descendante, spelled M-A-R-É-E- -D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Reflux. Période de la journée à partir de la marée haute jusqu’à la marée basse.
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 “marée descendante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-É-E- -D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʁe dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\ (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.