# maroon

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈɹuːn/ · frequency rank #18,361

## Definitions
1. An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
2. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

## Etymology
From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.

## Easily confused with
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-moon)
- **mason** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-mason)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-moron)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-myron)
- **martin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-martin)
- **Mormon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-mormon)
- **Marvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-marvin)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-morton)
- **marrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-marrow)
- **Merton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-merton)
- **matron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-matron)
- **Marwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-marwan)
- **marten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-marten)
- **Masood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-masood)
- **Marston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-marston)
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mario-vs-maroon)
- **Marco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marco-vs-maroon)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-maroon)
- **Macon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macon-vs-maroon)
- **Margo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/margo-vs-maroon)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amroon`, `maoron`, `maron`, `marono`, `maroonn`, `marroon`, `mmaroon`, `mraoon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maroon