mer des Indes
\mɛʁ de.z‿ɛ̃d\
The verdict
“mer des Indes” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper 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) - Océan Indien.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mer des Indes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ de.z‿ɛ̃d\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mer des Indes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mer des Indes is 13 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛʁ de.z‿ɛ̃d\. 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: "Océan Indien.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mer des Indes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mer des Indes, spelled M-E-R- -D-E-S- -I-N-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Océan Indien.
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 “mer des Indes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R- -D-E-S- -I-N-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁ de.z‿ɛ̃d\ (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.