merle mauvis
\mɛʁl mo.vi\
The verdict
“merle mauvis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Synonyme de grive mauvis (oiseau).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merle mauvis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁl mo.vi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merle mauvis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merle mauvis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁl mo.vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de grive mauvis (oiseau).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for merle mauvis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is merle mauvis, spelled M-E-R-L-E- -M-A-U-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de grive mauvis (oiseau).
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 “merle mauvis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R-L-E- -M-A-U-V-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛʁl mo.vi\ (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.