marache
\ma.ʁaʃ\
The verdict
“marache” 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) - Baudroie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marache · marache · French
marache · 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 "M" 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 | marache |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁaʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marache » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marache is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
marache doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is marache, spelled M-A-R-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Baudroie.
- 2Requin-taupe bleu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les baudroies sont aussi appelées diables, crapaud de mer, marache ou saillot.
Ils avaient à redouter les attaques des squales, des maraches surtout et aussi des chiens de mer, qui se jetaient avec voracité sur les agrès.
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.