merlan vert
\mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\
The verdict
“merlan vert” 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) - Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).
Corpus desk
Index FR-merlan-vert · merlan vert · French
merlan vert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | merlan vert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « merlan vert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
merlan vert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).".
merlan vert doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is merlan vert, spelled M-E-R-L-A-N- -V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).
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.