océan Pacifique
\ɔ.se.ɑ̃ pa.si.fik\
The verdict
“océan Pacifique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand océan entouré par les Amériques, l’Antarctique, l’Australie, la Nouvelle-Guinée et enfin l'Asie (selon l'Organisation hydrographique internationale).
Corpus desk
Index FR-ocean-pacifique · océan Pacifique · French
océan Pacifique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | océan Pacifique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.se.ɑ̃ pa.si.fik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « océan Pacifique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
océan Pacifique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔ.se.ɑ̃ pa.si.fik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand océan entouré par les Amériques, l’Antarctique, l’Australie, la Nouvelle-Guinée et enfin l'Asie (selon l'Organisation hydrographique internationale).".
océan Pacifique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is océan Pacifique, spelled O-C-É-A-N- -P-A-C-I-F-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grand océan entouré par les Amériques, l’Antarctique, l’Australie, la Nouvelle-Guinée et enfin l'Asie (selon l'Organisation hydrographique internationale).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how océan Pacifique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le relargage d’œufs ou de juvéniles lors du vidage de ballasts de navires en provenance de l’océan Pacifique est moins plausible, et aucune analyse ne vient le confirmer.
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.