marché noir
\maʁ.ʃe nwaʁ\
The verdict
“marché noir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché non officiel, dans le cas de ventes réglementées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marche-noir · marché noir · French
marché noir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | marché noir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.ʃe nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marché noir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marché noir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ʃe nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marché non officiel, dans le cas de ventes réglementées.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for marché noir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is marché noir, spelled M-A-R-C-H-É- -N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Marché non officiel, dans le cas de ventes réglementées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marché noir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paris m’a paru atroce, vautré dans l’occupation, le marché noir, adapté, bouffi de mauvais graisse, toute honte bue…
Dès les premiers jours de septembre, c’était à coups de cinquante sens le verre de sucre calciné dilué à l’eau et mis dans des bidons de fer qu’avait commencé le marché noir sous le pont de la voie ferrée à Sannomiya.
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.