marathoner
/ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)/
"marathoner" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marathoner” is uncommon English (frequency #85,490 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,490
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marathoner · marathoner · English
marathoner · rank #85,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,490
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mariella
Nearest frequency peer: Mariella (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “marathoner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mansi
Mansi
14,516 corpus weight
- Maran
Maran
14,513 corpus weight
- marathoner
marathoner
14,511 corpus weight
- Mariella
Mariella
14,510 corpus weight
- Markit
Markit
14,509 corpus weight
- Marrickville
Marrickville
14,508 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “marathoner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marathoner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marathoner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marathoner is uncommon English at frequency #85,490 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæ.ɹæ.θən.ə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.".
No misspelling variants are generated for marathoner in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From marathon + -er. The correct English form is marathoner, spelled M-A-R-A-T-H-O-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marathoner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.
“I just go as long as I can before my legs get too heavy and my head gets in a haze,” said Chris Zablocki, the best marathoner most elite marathoners have never heard of.
Etymology
From marathon + -er.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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