marchent

\maʁʃ\

/\maʁʃ\/ verb

The verdict

“marchent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,883
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marchent · marchent · French

marchent · rank #8,883 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,883
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manques

Nearest frequency peer: manques (-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 « marchent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marchent » 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).

marchent vs marcher
75% similar
marchent vs marchés
63% similar
marchent vs marient
75% similar

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

Key facts for marchent
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\maʁʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,883
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marchent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marchentse 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 « manques » (#8,882), « Marianne » (#8,884), « manipuler » (#8,881). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marchent » est au #8,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around marchent (IPA \maʁʃ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,883 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for marchent, with forms such as "amrchent", "macrhent", and "marcchent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "marcher", "marchés", "marient", 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 marchent, spelled M-A-R-C-H-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de marcher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans les rues, se promènent : les vaches à l’aise à se « jobrer » le museau dans les poubelles (est-ce très sain pour elles et le lait qu’elles délivrent ?), les écoliers en costume marchent fièrement, les femmes ont confectionné de longues guirlandes, les présentent dans des corbeilles tressées, étalage rehaussé sur des caisses en bois défoncées, les fle…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrchent
  • macrhent
  • marcchent
  • marcehnt
  • marchennt
  • marchentt
  • marchetn
  • marchhent
  • marchnet
  • marhcent
  • marrchent
  • mmarchent
  • mrachent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marchent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrchent2macrhent2marcchent1marcehnt2marchennt1marchentt1marchetn2marchhent1
Edit distance from "marchent"

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 "marchent"?
"marchent" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁʃ\.
What does "marchent" mean?
As a verb, "marchent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher.
What words are commonly confused with "marchent"?
"marchent" is commonly confused with "marcher", "marchés", "marient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marchent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marchent" is \maʁʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marchent" come from?
"marchent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list