marche arrière
\maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\
The verdict
“marche arrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de mouvoir un véhicule dans le sens opposé de la marche
Corpus desk
Index FR-marche-arriere · marche arrière · French
marche arrière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | marche arrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marche arrière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marche arrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ʃ‿a.ʁjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marche arrière, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 marche arrière, spelled M-A-R-C-H-E- -A-R-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Action de mouvoir un véhicule dans le sens opposé de la marche
- 2Position du levier de vitesse permettant de faire rouler un véhicule vers l’arrière.
- 3Déplacement d’un planchiste qui, tout en conservant la position habituelle de ses pieds, évolue dans le sens opposé à la spatule de sa planche.
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