marchand

\maʁ.ʃɑ̃\

/\maʁ.ʃɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“marchand” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,956
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propre au commerce, qui a rapport au commerce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marchand · marchand · French

marchand · rank #4,956 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,956
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH louer

Nearest frequency peer: louer (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « marchand »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « marchand » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marchand vs marchent
75% similar
marchand vs marchant
88% similar
marchand vs Maryland
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for marchand
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchand
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\maʁ.ʃɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,956
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marchand »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marchandse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « louer » (#4,955), « maréchal » (#4,957), « mentale » (#4,958). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marchand » est au #4,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around marchand (IPA \maʁ.ʃɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,956 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for marchand, with forms such as "amrchand", "macrhand", and "marcahnd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "marchent", "marchant", "Maryland", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is marchand, spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propre au commerce, qui a rapport au commerce.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un quartier, une ville, où il y a une grande activité commerciale.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les emplacements commodes pour vendre de la marchandise.
  4. 4
    Qui est de bon débit, de bonne qualité, qui a les qualités requises pour être vendu.
  5. 5
    Qualifie la partie de l'économie dans laquelle se produit et se vend des biens ou des services.
  6. 6
    Qui est relatif à ce secteur de l’activité économique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle figurait dans l’armada ; l’ourque de guerre atteignait, il est vrai, de forts tonnages; ainsi la capitainesse Grand Griffon, montée par Lope de Médina, jaugeait six cent cinquante tonneaux et portait quarante canons ; mais l’ourque marchande et contrebandière était d’un très faible échantillon.
  2. Karl Kraus « démasque la société à l’aide de la langue », écrit le philosophe et sociologue Max Horkheimer, car « c’est le massacre des mots et des phrases qui lui révèle la déshumanisation des hommes et des relations entre eux, la destruction de l’esprit par la valeur marchande ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrchand
  • macrhand
  • marcahnd
  • marcchand
  • marchadn
  • marchandd
  • marchannd
  • marchhand
  • marchnad
  • marhcand
  • marrchand
  • mmarchand
  • mrachand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marchand - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrchand2macrhand2marcahnd2marcchand1marchadn2marchandd1marchannd1marchhand1
Edit distance from "marchand"

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 "marchand"?
"marchand" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃\.
What does "marchand" mean?
As an adjective, "marchand" means: Propre au commerce, qui a rapport au commerce.
What words are commonly confused with "marchand"?
"marchand" is commonly confused with "marchent", "marchant", "Maryland". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marchand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marchand" is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marchand" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marchand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maréchal#4,957montrant#4,962isabelle#4,949panneaux#4,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

relatives13 variantsreligions13 variantsconfusion13 variantschangent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list