ex-mari
\ɛks.ma.ʁi\
The verdict
“ex-mari” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien mari, ancien époux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ex-mari · ex-mari · French
ex-mari · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | ex-mari |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛks.ma.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ex-mari is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛks.ma.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien mari, ancien époux.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ex-mari in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ex-mari, spelled E-X---M-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1Ancien mari, ancien époux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ex-mari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les inquiétudes de Lucile concernant la violence de son ex-mari ou le climat d’enfermement dans lequel elle craint que nous vivions sont signalées, ainsi que les doutes de Gabriel sur la capacité de son ex-femme à assumer la garde et la manière dont nous avons été, jusque-là, livrées à nous-mêmes.
Visiblement, son ex-mari avait laissé ses livres en partant.
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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.