merlan vert
\mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\
The verdict
“merlan vert” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu noir (poisson de nom scientifique Pollachius virens).
| 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) |
Where “merlan vert” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for merlan vert is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\. 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: "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.
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Using “merlan vert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R-L-A-N- -V-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁ.lɑ̃ vɛʁ\ (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.