poule de mer
\pul də mɛʁ\
The verdict
“poule de mer” 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 September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire désignant en français plusieurs espèces de poissons différentes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-poule-de-mer · poule de mer · French
poule de mer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | poule de mer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pul də mɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « poule de mer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
poule de mer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pul də mɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire désignant en français plusieurs espèces de poissons différentes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for poule de mer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 poule de mer, spelled P-O-U-L-E- -D-E- -M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire désignant en français plusieurs espèces de poissons différentes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how poule de mer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un maquereau aussi, des raies, un thon, ô cette belle poule de 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.