marabouts

\ma.ʁa.bu\

/\ma.ʁa.bu\/ noun

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The verdict

“marabouts” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,031
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de marabout.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marabouts · marabouts · French

marabouts · rank #48,031 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,031
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manifestante

Nearest frequency peer: manifestante (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « marabouts »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « marabouts » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

marabouts vs marabout
89% similar

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

Key facts for marabouts
PropertyValue
Headwordmarabouts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁa.bu\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,031
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marabouts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maraboutsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manifestante » (#48,030), « marlin » (#48,032), « mangerais » (#48,029). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marabouts » est au #48,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around marabouts (IPA \ma.ʁa.bu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,031 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de marabout.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for marabouts, with forms such as "amrabouts", "maarbouts", and "marabbouts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "marabout", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is marabouts, spelled M-A-R-A-B-O-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de marabout.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marabouts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une fois encore la discorde entre les marabouts de Tivaouane prenait un tour politique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrabouts
  • maarbouts
  • marabbouts
  • marabotus
  • maraboust
  • maraboutss
  • maraboutts
  • marabuots
  • maraobuts
  • marbaouts
  • marrabouts
  • mmarabouts
  • mraabouts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marabouts - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrabouts2maarbouts2marabbouts1marabotus2maraboust2maraboutss1maraboutts1marabuots2
Edit distance from "marabouts"

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 "marabouts"?
"marabouts" is spelled M-A-R-A-B-O-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁa.bu\.
What does "marabouts" mean?
As a noun, "marabouts" means: Pluriel de marabout.
What words are commonly confused with "marabouts"?
"marabouts" is commonly confused with "marabout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marabouts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marabouts" is \ma.ʁa.bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marabouts" come from?
"marabouts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marabouts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mangerais#48,029marquette#48,033Maintenon#48,026mondaines#48,054

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Martigny13 variantsMcKinley13 variantslabellisée13 variantsKatmandou13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list