marc

/\maʁ\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,777

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marc is aFrenchnoun. It means: Résidu des fruits dont on a extrait le suc. Pronounced \maʁ\. It ranks #1,777 in French word frequency. Often confused with MR and MC.

Key facts for marc
PropertyValue
Headwordmarc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,777
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marc is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,777 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for marc, with forms such as "amrc", "macr", and "marcc". 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, "MR", "MC", "mec", 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 marc, spelled M-A-R-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résidu des fruits dont on a extrait le suc.
  2. 2
    Eau-de-vie obtenue en distillant du marc de raisin.
  3. 3
    Résidu obtenu après décoction, infusion ou macération de diverses substances.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrc,macr,marcc,marrc,mmarc,mrac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marc

Misspelling Variants of "marc"

amrc4macr4marcc5marrc5mmarc5mrac4
Misspelling Variants of "marc"

Frequency rank: #1,777 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marc"?
"marc" is spelled M-A-R-C. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ\.
What does "marc" mean?
As a noun, "marc" means: Résidu des fruits dont on a extrait le suc.
What words are commonly confused with "marc"?
"marc" is commonly confused with "MR", "MC", "mec". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marc" is \maʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marc" come from?
"marc" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our French index:

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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.