marten
mar·ten/ˈmɑɹ.tən/noun
marten is spelled M-A-R-T-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (mar·ten). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Marten, the name). As a noun, marten means “Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of marten is martens.
How many letters and syllables are in marten?
| Letters | 6: M-A-R-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mar·ten |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is marten?
Marten appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Marten, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce marten?
- UK /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
- UK /ˈmɑː.tən/
- US /ˈmɑɹ.tən/
Marten has 2 syllables, split mar·ten in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-marten.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with marten
Sounds like: martin (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: martin.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with marten?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as marten from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹtən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of marten
- martens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does marten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Marten in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mammal:
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.
Where does marten come from?
From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced related Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).