marais

\ma.ʁɛ\

/\ma.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“marais” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,846
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue de terrain périodiquement inondée ou continuellement humide, recouverte d’une nappe d’eau peu profonde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marais · marais · French

marais · rank #6,846 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,846
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manipulation

Nearest frequency peer: manipulation (-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 « marais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marais » 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).

marais vs mars
67% similar
marais vs mari
67% similar
marais vs mardi
67% similar

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

Key facts for marais
PropertyValue
Headwordmarais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,846
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).maraisse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manipulation » (#6,845), « marchands » (#6,847), « LR » (#6,844). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marais » est au #6,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around marais (IPA \ma.ʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,846 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for marais, with forms such as "amrais", "maaris", and "maraiss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mars", "mari", "mardi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is marais, spelled M-A-R-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue de terrain périodiquement inondée ou continuellement humide, recouverte d’une nappe d’eau peu profonde.
  2. 2
    Terrain, riche en humus, destiné au maraîchage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La présence des diatomées révèle également des apports marins, avec beaucoup d’espèces prospérant dans les marais côtiers et les étangs tourbeux.
  2. Le marais prend dès la dernière grange : peu à peu, l’herbe devient plus rêche, des houppes laineuses y floconnent ; il y luit des nappes de joncs ; la reine des près, le glaieul d’eau y buissonnent et, lentement, la sphaigne, la mousse décolorée, commence à régner, […].

Synonyms

marécagemarchais

This word in other languages

swamp(English)marisma(Español)Sumpf(Deutsch)pântano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrais
  • maaris
  • maraiss
  • marasi
  • marias
  • marrais
  • mmarais
  • mraais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marais - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrais2maaris2maraiss1marasi2marias2marrais1mmarais1mraais2
Edit distance from "marais"

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 "marais"?
"marais" is spelled M-A-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁɛ\.
What does "marais" mean?
As a noun, "marais" means: Étendue de terrain périodiquement inondée ou continuellement humide, recouverte d’une nappe d’eau peu profonde.
What words are commonly confused with "marais"?
"marais" is commonly confused with "mars", "mari", "mardi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marais" is \ma.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marais" come from?
"marais" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lionel#6,843menées#6,850opérer#6,861flèche#6,828

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

party8 variantsexacte8 variantsemmener8 variantsdémon8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list