marine corps
/məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/noun
marine corps is spelled M-A-R-I-N-E-C-O-R-P-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables. People search “marine corps vs marines” about 320 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, marine corps means “A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in marine corps?
| Letters | 11: M-A-R-I-N-E-C-O-R-P-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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).
How do you pronounce marine corps?
- US /məˈɹinˌkɔɹ/
- US /məˈɹinˌkɔɹz/
Marine corps has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-marine_corps.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with marine corps
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: marines.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does marine corps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of marine corps.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Marine corps in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense military organization of marines who are trained and equipped to fight on or fro:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | infanterie de marine, troupes de marine |
| German | Marine, Marineinfanteriekorps, Marineinfanterie |
| Portuguese | infantaria de marinha, infantaria naval |
| Spanish | infantería de marina |
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.