pêche-martin
\pɛːʃ maʁ.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“pêche-martin” 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 May 6, 2026) - L'un des noms vernaculaires du martin-pêcheur d'Europe (Alcedo atthis).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pêche-martin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛːʃ maʁ.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pêche-martin” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pêche-martin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛːʃ maʁ.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L'un des noms vernaculaires du martin-pêcheur d'Europe (Alcedo atthis).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pêche-martin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pêche-martin, spelled P-Ê-C-H-E---M-A-R-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1L'un des noms vernaculaires du martin-pêcheur d'Europe (Alcedo atthis).
Synonyms
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Using “pêche-martin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-Ê-C-H-E---M-A-R-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛːʃ maʁ.tɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.