marchander

\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\

/\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“marchander” is uncommon French (frequency #50,964 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,964
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demander le prix d’une chose, d’un produit, et le plus souvent, en débattre pour obtenir un prix inférieur au prix proposé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marchander · marchander · French

marchander · rank #50,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,964
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manual

Nearest frequency peer: manual (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « marchander »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marchander » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marchander
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchander
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marchander » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marchandertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « manual » (#50,963), « marquisat » (#50,965), « mash » (#50,966). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marchander » est au #50,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marchander is uncommon French at frequency #50,964 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marchander, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marchander, spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demander le prix d’une chose, d’un produit, et le plus souvent, en débattre pour obtenir un prix inférieur au prix proposé.
  2. 2
    Discuter pour lésiner.
  3. 3
    Hésiter, balancer.
  4. 4
    Accorder sans lésiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. Marsillat marchande toutes les pouliches du pays sans rien acheter ! ou bien, quand il achète, il fait semblant de se dégoûter bien vite, et il revient pour troquer.
  2. Il faut avoir une santé de vieux chêne pour vendre des livres sur les quais, car il n’est pas un élément qui ne s’occupe de vous agacer : le vent, la chaleur, le gel, le bruit, le marchandage des clients, étant entendu qu’on n’achète jamais un livre sans marchander.

Synonyms

bargainerbarguigner

This word in other languages

bargain(English)regatear(Español)dingen(Deutsch)pechinchar(Português)

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 "marchander"?
"marchander" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\.
What does "marchander" mean?
As a verb, "marchander" means: Demander le prix d’une chose, d’un produit, et le plus souvent, en débattre pour obtenir un prix inférieur au prix proposé.
How do you pronounce "marchander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marchander" is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marchander" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list