marc de café
\maʁ də ka.fe\
The verdict
“marc de café” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Résidu de l’infusion du café, et par extension d’autres produits.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marc de café |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ də ka.fe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marc de café” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for marc de café is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁ də ka.fe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
marc de café doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marc de café, spelled M-A-R-C- -D-E- -C-A-F-É.
Definition
- 1Résidu de l’infusion du café, et par extension d’autres produits.
- 2Résidu de café, riche en azote, utilisé comme amendement ou répulsif.
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.
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Using “marc de café”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-C- -D-E- -C-A-F-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \maʁ də ka.fe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.