raz-de-marée
\ʁa.d(ə).ma.ʁe\
The verdict
“raz-de-marée” 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) - Puissante vague provoquée par le mouvement rapide d’un grand volume d’eau en mer, et causée par un mouvement de terrain sous-marin de grande ampleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raz-de-maree · raz-de-marée · French
raz-de-marée · 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 "R" 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 | raz-de-marée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.d(ə).ma.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
raz-de-marée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.d(ə).ma.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for raz-de-marée, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raz-de-marée, spelled R-A-Z---D-E---M-A-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Puissante vague provoquée par le mouvement rapide d’un grand volume d’eau en mer, et causée par un mouvement de terrain sous-marin de grande ampleur.
- 2Grand débordement de la mer subit et exceptionnel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raz-de-marée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grande marée, conjuguée à une violente tempête de nord-ouest, provoqua un raz-de marée qui fit monter de trois mètres le niveau de la mer du Nord et causa plus de cent énormes brèches dans le système de digues côtières. — (http://www.holland.com/fr/culture/artculture/hydrauliques/travauxdelta.jsp)Les travaux du Delta, site web officiel de la Hollande]
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.