marbre

/\maʁbʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,109

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marbre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Toute pierre susceptible d'être polie Pronounced \maʁbʁ\. It ranks #6,109 in French word frequency. Often confused with mare and marge.

Key facts for marbre
PropertyValue
Headwordmarbre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁbʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,109
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marbre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marbre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁbʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,109 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for marbre, with forms such as "amrbre", "mabrre", and "marbbre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mare", "marge", "marié", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is marbre, spelled M-A-R-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toute pierre susceptible d'être polie
  2. 2
    Roche métamorphique dérivant d’un calcaire ou d’une dolomie sédimentaire ayant été transformée généralement par métamorphisme régional ou plus rarement par métamorphisme de contact.
  3. 3
    Morceau de ce minéral taillé et poli.
  4. 4
    Ouvrages de marbre et des échantillons de différents marbres.
  5. 5
    Table de pierre ou de métal sur laquelle on pose les pages, pour les imposer, et les formes, pour les corriger.
  6. 6
    Partie de la presse sur laquelle on place la forme.
  7. 7
    Table de pierre utilisée comme surface de manipulation et de refroidissement.
  8. 8
    Atelier de composition.
  9. 9
    Support enregistré d’une émission prête à être diffusée.
  10. 10
    Pierre qui sert à broyer les drogues et les couleurs.
  11. 11
    Chacune des juridictions de la connétablie, de l’amirauté et des eaux et forêts.
  12. 12
    Articles composés et mis en réserve, pour paraître le moment venu.
  13. 13
    La quatrième des quatre bases à laquelle les joueurs de baseball doivent toucher pour marquer un point.
  14. 14
    Surface plane destinée à vérifier la géométrie d’un véhicule
  15. 15
    Plaque très plate servant à contrôler la planéité d'autres surfaces.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrbre,mabrre,marbbre,marber,marbrre,marrbe,marrbre,mmarbre,mrabre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marbre

Misspelling Variants of "marbre"

amrbre6mabrre6marbbre7marber6marbrre7marrbe6marrbre7mmarbre7
Misspelling Variants of "marbre"

Frequency rank: #6,109 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marbre"?
"marbre" is spelled M-A-R-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁbʁ\.
What does "marbre" mean?
As a noun, "marbre" means: Toute pierre susceptible d'être polie
What words are commonly confused with "marbre"?
"marbre" is commonly confused with "mare", "marge", "marié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marbre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marbre" is \maʁbʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marbre" come from?
"marbre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.