merlu européen
\mɛʁ.ly ø.ʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“merlu européen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de merlu commun (poisson).
Corpus desk
Index FR-merlu-europeen · merlu européen · French
merlu européen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 européen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.ly ø.ʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « merlu européen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
merlu européen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ.ly ø.ʁɔ.pe.ɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de merlu commun (poisson).".
No misspelling variants are generated for merlu européen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is merlu européen, spelled M-E-R-L-U- -E-U-R-O-P-É-E-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de merlu commun (poisson).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how merlu européen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En novembre 2000, la CIEM a signalé un risque grave d’effondrement du stock de merlu européen dans le nord.
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.