marceline
/ˈmɑː.səˌlin/
"marceline" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marceline” is uncommon English (frequency #77,900 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,900
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thin silk fabric used for linings etc. in hats and ladies' dresses.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marceline · marceline · English
marceline · rank #77,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,900
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Marcelle
Nearest frequency peer: Marcelle (+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 “marceline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- manju
manju
22,105 corpus weight
- mannitol
mannitol
22,104 corpus weight
- marceline
marceline
22,101 corpus weight
- Marcelle
Marcelle
22,100 corpus weight
- marihuana
marihuana
22,099 corpus weight
- Marita
Marita
22,097 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “marceline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marceline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑː.səˌlin/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marceline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marceline is uncommon English at frequency #77,900 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɑː.səˌlin/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A thin silk fabric used for linings etc. in hats and ladies' dresses.".
No misspelling variants are generated for marceline in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French marceline, from Latin marcidus (“withered”), from marcere (“to wither, shrivel”). The correct English form is marceline, spelled M-A-R-C-E-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A thin silk fabric used for linings etc. in hats and ladies' dresses.
Etymology
From French marceline, from Latin marcidus (“withered”), from marcere (“to wither, shrivel”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).