mar

adv

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The verdict

“mar” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,735 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.

#8,735
frequency rank, French
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mal, malheureusement.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mar vs me
33% similar
mar vs mm
33% similar
mar vs mi
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mar
PropertyValue
Headwordmar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#8,735
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mar” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mar lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mar is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #8,735 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for mar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "me", "mm", "mi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mar, spelled M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mal, malheureusement.
  2. 2
    Suivi du futur, il correspond à l’impératif négatif.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mar"?
"mar" is spelled M-A-R.
What does "mar" mean?
As an adverb, "mar" means: Mal, malheureusement.
What words are commonly confused with "mar"?
"mar" is commonly confused with "me", "mm", "mi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mar" come from?
"mar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “mar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “me” - see the side-by-side comparison. mar vs me
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list