Marseillaise
/mɑː.seɪˈjɛz/
"marseillaise" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marseillaise” is uncommon English (frequency #69,228 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,228
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marseillaise · Marseillaise · English
Marseillaise · rank #69,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,228
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH marts
Nearest frequency peer: marts (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Marseillaise”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- manilla
manilla
30,776 corpus weight
- manti
manti
30,775 corpus weight
- Marseillaise
Marseillaise
30,773 corpus weight
- marts
marts
30,772 corpus weight
- Maryanne
Maryanne
30,771 corpus weight
- mastitis
mastitis
30,769 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Marseillaise” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marseillaise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mɑː.seɪˈjɛz/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Marseillaise” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Marseillaise is uncommon English at frequency #69,228 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mɑː.seɪˈjɛz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Marseillaise, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Marseillaise. The correct English form is Marseillaise, spelled M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, with at least seven verses plus the chorus.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Marseillaise.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).