marcassin
\maʁ.ka.sɛ̃\
The verdict
“marcassin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit du sanglier qui suit encore sa mère et portant une robe beige avec des rayures foncées, précédant le stade de bête rousse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marcassin · marcassin · French
marcassin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marcassin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.ka.sɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
marcassin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ka.sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for marcassin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marcassin, spelled M-A-R-C-A-S-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petit du sanglier qui suit encore sa mère et portant une robe beige avec des rayures foncées, précédant le stade de bête rousse.
- 2Viande de cet animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marcassin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La laie et ses marcassins.
Un marcassin de trois mois.
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.