marsh marigold
"marsh-marigold" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marsh marigold” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-marsh-marigold · marsh marigold · English
marsh marigold · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marsh marigold |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “marsh marigold” in English
Rare enough to double-check
marsh marigold is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marsh marigold, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is marsh marigold, spelled M-A-R-S-H- -M-A-R-I-G-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Caltha palustris, a perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marsh marigold appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.