maras

\ma.ʁa\

/\ma.ʁa\/ noun

The verdict

“maras” is uncommon French (frequency #92,972 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,972
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-maras · maras · French

maras · rank #92,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,972
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Manas

Nearest frequency peer: Manas (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « maras »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « maras » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maras
PropertyValue
Headwordmaras
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « maras » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).marastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Manas » (#92,971), « marcherons » (#92,973), « mamas » (#92,970). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maras » est au #92,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maras is uncommon French at frequency #92,972 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mara.".

maras doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maras, spelled M-A-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mara.

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 "maras"?
"maras" is spelled M-A-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁa\.
What does "maras" mean?
As a noun, "maras" means: Pluriel de mara.
How do you pronounce "maras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maras" is \ma.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maras" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list