marc
/mɑɹk/noun
marc is spelled M-A-R-C: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Marc, the name). People search “marc vs mark” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, marc means “The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of marc is marcs.
How many letters and syllables are in marc?
| Letters | 4: M-A-R-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is marc?
Marc appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Marc, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce marc?
- UK /mɑːk/
- US /mɑɹk/
Marc has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with marc
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: mark, marque (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: mark.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with marc?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as marc from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cram.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of marc
- marcs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does marc mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
- 2
An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
- 3
Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Marc in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense refuse matter:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does marc come from?
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).