marathons

Name: marathons, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\

/\ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“marathons” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,882
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-marathons · marathons · French

marathons · rank #46,882 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,882
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH Mannheim

Nearest frequency peer: Mannheim (-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.

maiden

53,123
manies

53,121
Mannheim

53,120
marathons

53,119
marjolaine

53,118
Massey

53,116

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

marathons vs marchons

78% similar

marathons vs marathon

89% similar

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

Key facts for marathons
Property	Value
Headword	marathons
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#46,882
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marathons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marathonsse place ici:

#46,882

#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 « Mannheim » (#46,881), « marjolaine » (#46,883), « manies » (#46,880). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marathons » est au #46,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around marathons (IPA \ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,882 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de marathon.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for marathons, with forms such as "amrathons", "maarthons", and "marahtons". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "marchons", "marathon", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 marathons, spelled M-A-R-A-T-H-O-N-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de marathon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

À partir de cette aventure, notre groupe de copains trouva un réel engouement pour les marathons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amrathons
maarthons
marahtons
marathhons
marathnos
marathonns
marathonss
marathosn
maratohns
maratthons
marrathons
martahons
mmarathons
mraathons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marathons - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "marathons"

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 "marathons"?

"marathons" is spelled M-A-R-A-T-H-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\.

What does "marathons" mean?

As a noun, "marathons" means: Pluriel de marathon.

What words are commonly confused with "marathons"?

"marathons" is commonly confused with "marchons", "marathon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "marathons"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marathons" is \ma.ʁa.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "marathons" come from?

"marathons" 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 "marathons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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