Marcion
/ˈmɑrʃiən/
"marcion" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marcion” is uncommon English (frequency #87,527 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,527
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Koine Greek, particularly
Corpus desk
Index EN-marcion · Marcion · English
Marcion · rank #87,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,527
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mangling
Nearest frequency peer: mangling (-2 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 “Marcion”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- malthouse
malthouse
12,479 corpus weight
- mangas
mangas
12,477 corpus weight
- mangling
mangling
12,476 corpus weight
- Marcion
Marcion
12,474 corpus weight
- marring
marring
12,472 corpus weight
- martinet
martinet
12,471 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Marcion” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marcion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑrʃiən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Marcion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Marcion is uncommon English at frequency #87,527 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɑrʃiən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Marcion, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin Mārciōn, from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marky, little Mark, son of Mark”), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn, “-son: forming patronymics”), from Latin Mārcus, from Mārs + -cus (“forming adjectives”), from Old Latin Māvor… The correct English form is Marcion, spelled M-A-R-C-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Koine Greek, particularly
- 2A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Koine Greek, particularly
Etymology
From Late Latin Mārciōn, from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marky, little Mark, son of Mark”), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn, “-son: forming patronymics”), from Latin Mārcus, from Mārs + -cus (“forming adjectives”), from Old Latin Māvors (“Mars, god of war”) and Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“forming desubstantival adjectives”).
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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