Marrakech
/ˌmæɹ.əˈkɛʃ/
"marrakech" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marrakech” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,959
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marrakech |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌmæɹ.əˈkɛʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marrakech” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Marrakech (IPA /ˌmæɹ.əˈkɛʃ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,959 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marrakech, with forms such as "amrrakech", "marakech", and "mararkech". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Marrakech, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), further etymology uncertain. Doublet of Morocco. The correct English form is Marrakech, spelled M-A-R-R-A-K-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1The capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco.
Etymology
From French Marrakech, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), further etymology uncertain. Doublet of Morocco.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrrakech
- marakech
- mararkech
- marraekch
- marrakceh
- marrakecch
- marrakechh
- marrakehc
- marrakkech
- marrkaech
- mmarrakech
- mrarakech
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marrakech - 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.
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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Using “Marrakech”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-R-A-K-E-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmæɹ.əˈkɛʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.