marcassin
/mɑːˈkasɪn/
"marcassin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marcassin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A young wild boar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marcassin · marcassin · English
marcassin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marcassin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɑːˈkasɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marcassin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marcassin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɑːˈkasɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A young wild boar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marcassin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French marcassin. The correct English form is marcassin, spelled M-A-R-C-A-S-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1A young wild boar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marcassin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A fat marcassin to adorn the board.
Etymology
From French marcassin.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.