marchandise

\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\

/\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\/ noun

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The verdict

“marchandise” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,736
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marchandise · marchandise · French

marchandise · rank #8,736 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,736
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mar

Nearest frequency peer: mar (-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 « marchandise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marchandise » 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).

marchandise vs marchands
82% similar
marchandise vs marchandises
92% similar
marchandise vs marchande
82% similar

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

Key facts for marchandise
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchandise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,736
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marchandise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marchandisese 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 « mar » (#8,735), « menton » (#8,737), « manuscrits » (#8,734). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marchandise » est au #8,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around marchandise (IPA \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,736 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for marchandise, with forms such as "amrchandise", "macrhandise", and "marcahndise". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "marchands", "marchandises", "marchande", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is marchandise, spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. M. de Marbois traça aussi un sombre tableau de la détresse de l'agriculture, du malaise qui se faisait sentir dans le commerce, de la rareté des espèces monnayées, arrivée à tel point dans quelques départements qu'on y procédait par échange de marchandises et de denrées; […].
  2. Chaque fjord islandais a un petit chef-lieu […]. Dans ces localités résident des marchands qui troquent contre les marchandises du Danemark les produits de l'Islande : poissons séchés, fourrures, peaux de phoque, huile de baleine, etc.

Synonyms

denréeproduit

This word in other languages

merchandise(English)mercancía(Español)Ware(Deutsch)mercadoria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrchandise
  • macrhandise
  • marcahndise
  • marcchandise
  • marchadnise
  • marchanddise
  • marchandies
  • marchandsie
  • marchanidse
  • marchanndise
  • marchhandise
  • marchnadise
  • marhcandise
  • marrchandise
  • mmarchandise
  • mrachandise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marchandise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrchandise2macrhandise2marcahndise2marcchandise1marchadnise2marchanddise1marchandies2marchandsie2
Edit distance from "marchandise"

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 "marchandise"?
"marchandise" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-A-N-D-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\.
What does "marchandise" mean?
As a noun, "marchandise" means: Ce qui se vend, se débite, soit en gros, soit en détail, dans les boutiques, magasins, foires, marchés, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "marchandise"?
"marchandise" is commonly confused with "marchands", "marchandises", "marchande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marchandise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marchandise" is \maʁ.ʃɑ̃.diz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marchandise" come from?
"marchandise" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incertitude#8,725hospitalier#8,720prélèvement#8,761estimations#8,708

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

manuscrits16 variantsefficacement16 variantscorporation16 variantschrétiennes16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list