merlu commun
\mɛʁ.ly kɔ.mœ̃\
The verdict
“merlu commun” 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 September 3, 2026) - Espèce de poisson osseux de mer, un merlu de l’Atlantique, la Méditerranée et la mer Noire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-merlu-commun · merlu commun · French
merlu commun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | merlu commun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.ly kɔ.mœ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « merlu commun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
merlu commun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ.ly kɔ.mœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de poisson osseux de mer, un merlu de l’Atlantique, la Méditerranée et la mer Noire.".
merlu commun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 merlu commun, spelled M-E-R-L-U- -C-O-M-M-U-N.
Definition
- 1Espèce de poisson osseux de mer, un merlu de l’Atlantique, la Méditerranée et la mer Noire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how merlu commun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le merlu commun, l’aiguillat et le lieu de l’Alaska bénéficiaient de droits de douane moindres.
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.