merlusine
\mɛʁ.ly.zin\
The verdict
“merlusine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom de la mélusine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-merlusine · merlusine · French
merlusine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | merlusine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʁ.ly.zin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « merlusine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
merlusine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁ.ly.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien nom de la mélusine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for merlusine, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is merlusine, spelled M-E-R-L-U-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de la mélusine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how merlusine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’azur à une merlusine de carnation dans son baquet d’or, qui est de De Queuve de Franche-Comté
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.