mer Baltique

\mɛʁ bal.tik\

/\mɛʁ bal.tik\/ name

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The verdict

“mer Baltique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mer intracontinentale située dans le nord de l’Europe, limitée au sud-ouest par le Cattégat, et bordée par la Suède, la Finlande, la Russie, l’Estonie, la Lettonie, la Lituanie, l'oblast de Kalinin...

Key facts for mer Baltique
PropertyValue
Headwordmer Baltique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɛʁ bal.tik\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mer Baltique” sits in French frequency

mer Baltique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mer Baltique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɛʁ bal.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mer intracontinentale située dans le nord de l’Europe, limitée au sud-ouest par le Cattégat, et bordée par la Suède, la Finlande, la Russie, l’Estonie, la Lettonie, la Lituanie, l'oblast de Kalinin...".

No misspelling variants are generated for mer Baltique in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 mer Baltique, spelled M-E-R- -B-A-L-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mer intracontinentale située dans le nord de l’Europe, limitée au sud-ouest par le Cattégat, et bordée par la Suède, la Finlande, la Russie, l’Estonie, la Lettonie, la Lituanie, l'oblast de Kaliningrad, la Pologne, l’Allemagne et le Danemark.

Synonyms

Baltiquemer de l’Est

This word in other languages

Baltic Sea(English)mar Báltico(Español)Ostsee(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mer Baltique"?
"mer Baltique" is spelled M-E-R- -B-A-L-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁ bal.tik\.
What does "mer Baltique" mean?
As a proper noun, "mer Baltique" means: Mer intracontinentale située dans le nord de l’Europe, limitée au sud-ouest par le Cattégat, et bordée par la Suède, la Finlande, la Russie, l’Estonie, la Lettonie, la Lituanie, l'oblast de Kalinin...
How do you pronounce "mer Baltique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mer Baltique" is \mɛʁ bal.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mer Baltique" come from?
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Using “mer Baltique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-R- -B-A-L-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛʁ bal.tik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list