marine

/məˈɹiːn/

//məˈɹiːn// adj

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"marine" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marine” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,843
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.

Corpus desk

Index EN-marine · marine · English

marine · rank #2,843 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,843
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Manchester

Nearest frequency peer: Manchester (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “marine”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “marine” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marine vs mine
67% similar
marine vs Mario
50% similar
marine vs Maris
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for marine
PropertyValue
Headwordmarine
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/məˈɹiːn/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,843
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “marine”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).marinelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Manchester” (#2,842), “motor” (#2,844), “loud” (#2,841). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “marine” is #2,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around marine (IPA /məˈɹiːn/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,843 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for marine, with forms such as "amrine", "mairne", and "marien". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mine", "Mario", "Maris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake… The correct English form is marine, spelled M-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
  2. 2
    Relating to or connected with the sea (in operation, scope, etc.), especially as pertains to shipping, a navy, or naval forces.
  3. 3
    Used or adapted for use at sea.
  4. 4
    Inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic. (distinguished from maritime or littoral)
  5. 5
    Belonging to or situated at the seaside; maritime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.

Etymology

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

This word in other languages

marítimo(Español)marin(Français)See-(Deutsch)marítimo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrine
  • mairne
  • marien
  • marinne
  • marrine
  • mmarine
  • mraine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrine2mairne2marien2marinne1marrine1mmarine1mraine2
Edit distance from "marine"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marine"?
"marine" is spelled M-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /məˈɹiːn/.
What does "marine" mean?
As an adjective, "marine" means: Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
What words are commonly confused with "marine"?
"marine" is commonly confused with "mine", "Mario", "Maris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marine" is /məˈɹiːn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "marine"?
Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

motor7 variantsseats7 variantssolar7 variantsbrief7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list