outre-mer
\u.tʁə.mɛʁ\
The verdict
“outre-mer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. 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) - Au-delà de la mer (du point de vue d’un endroit donné).
Corpus desk
Index FR-outre-mer · outre-mer · French
outre-mer · 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 "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 | outre-mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \u.tʁə.mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « outre-mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
outre-mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \u.tʁə.mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au-delà de la mer (du point de vue d’un endroit donné).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for outre-mer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is outre-mer, spelled O-U-T-R-E---M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Au-delà de la mer (du point de vue d’un endroit donné).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how outre-mer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je vais voyager outre-mer.
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.