merlon
\mɛʁ.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“merlon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie pleine du parapet qui est entre deux embrasures, entre deux créneaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-merlon · merlon · French
merlon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | merlon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « merlon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
merlon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
merlon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is merlon, spelled M-E-R-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Partie pleine du parapet qui est entre deux embrasures, entre deux créneaux.
- 2Talus dressé sur une surface pour faire une séparation entre deux parties de l’espace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how merlon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…], les meurtrières pratiquées dans les merlons de pierre restaient démasquées dans leur partie inférieure et permettaient aux arbalétriers postés au dedans du parapet sur ce chemin de ronde de lancer des traits sur les assaillants.
Le merlon est une levée de terre continue, dépassant de un mètre au moins le niveau du faite du bâtiment de dépôt, et conservant à toute époque une largeur minimum de un mètre au sommet.
This word in other languages
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.