Marotte

[maˈʁɔtə]

/[maˈʁɔtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Marotte” is uncommon German (frequency #94,606 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,606
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-marotte · Marotte · German

Marotte · rank #94,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,606
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marktkirche

Nearest frequency peer: Marktkirche (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Marotte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Marotte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Marotte
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarotte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈʁɔtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Marotte“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Marottefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Marktkirche“ (#94,604), „Marshallplan“ (#94,609), „Markranstädt“ (#94,602). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Marotte“ bei #94,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Marotte is uncommon German at frequency #94,606 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈʁɔtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Marotte, 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Marotte, spelled M-A-R-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Marotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pseudonyme sind Tarnungen, und wenn es einer so will, lasse man ihn bei der sonderbaren Marotte.
  2. „Dass erwachsene Menschen Plastiktüten sammeln oder Überraschungseier, hatte ich bisher als eine merkwürdige Marotte abgetan.“

Synonyms

FimmelSpleenTickAngewohnheitEigenartSchrulle

This word in other languages

chifladura(Español)marotte(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Marotte"?
"Marotte" is spelled M-A-R-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈʁɔtə].
What does "Marotte" mean?
As a noun, "Marotte" means: notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist
How do you pronounce "Marotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marotte" is [maˈʁɔtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marotte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marotte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list