marauder

\ma.ʁo.de\

/\ma.ʁo.de\/ verb

The verdict

“marauder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratiquer la maraude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marauder · marauder · French

marauder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for marauder
PropertyValue
Headwordmarauder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.ʁo.de\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marauder » en français

maraudersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marauder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.ʁo.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pratiquer la maraude.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marauder, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marauder, spelled M-A-R-A-U-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pratiquer la maraude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le seul plaisir que Misère goûtât en ce monde était de manger des fruits de son jardin, c’est-à-dire de son poirier ; malheureusement, les garçonnets du village venaient marauder dans son clos.
  2. Beaucoup de nos camarades avaient la mauvaise habitude de marauder le soir pendant que nous étions au bivac, ils attrapaient souvent quelque chose […]

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marauder"?
"marauder" is spelled M-A-R-A-U-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁo.de\.
What does "marauder" mean?
As a verb, "marauder" means: Pratiquer la maraude.
How do you pronounce "marauder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marauder" is \ma.ʁo.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marauder" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list