Marotte

[maˈʁɔtə]

/[maˈʁɔtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Marotte” is an uncommon German word, ranked #94,606 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#94,606
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist

Key facts for Marotte
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarotte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈʁɔtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Marotte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Marotte lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Marotte is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈʁɔtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,606 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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

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?
"Marotte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Marotte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-A-R-O-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [maˈʁɔtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list