Maraval

\ma.ʁa.val\

/\ma.ʁa.val\/ name

The verdict

“Maraval” is uncommon French (frequency #96,104 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,104
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maraval · Maraval · French

Maraval · rank #96,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,104
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manœuvrant

Nearest frequency peer: manœuvrant (-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 « Maraval »

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 « Maraval » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Maraval
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaraval
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ʁa.val\
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Maraval » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Maravaltombe 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: « manœuvrant » (#96,103), « Marinella » (#96,105), « manquions » (#96,102). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Maraval » est au #96,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Maraval is uncommon French at frequency #96,104 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ʁa.val\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Maraval, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Maraval, spelled M-A-R-A-V-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En revanche Mariette lui affirme que Gilberte Maraval est encore en vie, tout à fait bien portante – du moins aux dernières nouvelles – et qu’elle habite toujours à Neuvic-sur-l’Isle.
  2. Monsieur lui a un jour donné un énorme coup de poing dans ses parties génitales, à tel point qu’elle avait fait une fausse couche, raconte Amandine Maraval, directrice du Lao Pow’her.

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 "Maraval"?
"Maraval" is spelled M-A-R-A-V-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁa.val\.
What does "Maraval" mean?
As a proper noun, "Maraval" means: Nom de famille français.
How do you pronounce "Maraval"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maraval" is \ma.ʁa.val\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maraval" come from?
"Maraval" 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 "Maraval", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list