marcher

\maʁ.ʃe\

/\maʁ.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

“marcher” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,286
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déplacement par mouvements alternatifs des jambes ou des pattes ; démarche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marcher · marcher · French

marcher · rank #2,286 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,286
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH limites

Nearest frequency peer: limites (-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 « marcher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marcher » 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).

marcher vs marier
71% similar
marcher vs marrer
71% similar
marcher vs Marthe
57% similar

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

Key facts for marcher
PropertyValue
Headwordmarcher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.ʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,286
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marcher »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marcherse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « limites » (#2,285), « monnaie » (#2,287), « jugement » (#2,284). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marcher » est au #2,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around marcher (IPA \maʁ.ʃe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,286 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for marcher, with forms such as "amrcher", "macrher", and "marccher". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "marier", "marrer", "Marthe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marcher, spelled M-A-R-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déplacement par mouvements alternatifs des jambes ou des pattes ; démarche.
  2. 2
    Faute d’un joueur qui fait plus de deux pas sans dribbler, sanctionnée par la récupération du ballon par l’équipe adverse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quel marcher !
  2. Mais la Grand’Gothe, survenant avec son marcher et son parler masculin, ne lui laissa pas le loisir de s’abandonner à sa douleur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrcher
  • macrher
  • marccher
  • marcehr
  • marcherr
  • marchher
  • marchre
  • marhcer
  • marrcher
  • mmarcher
  • mracher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marcher - 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.

amrcher2macrher2marccher1marcehr2marcherr1marchher1marchre2marhcer2
Edit distance from "marcher"

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 "marcher"?
"marcher" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃe\.
What does "marcher" mean?
As a noun, "marcher" means: Déplacement par mouvements alternatifs des jambes ou des pattes ; démarche.
What words are commonly confused with "marcher"?
"marcher" is commonly confused with "marier", "marrer", "Marthe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marcher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marcher" is \maʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marcher" come from?
"marcher" 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 "marcher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

limites#2,285monnaie#2,287entends#2,275devrais#2,273

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

japonais11 variantsprimaire11 variantsconduire11 variantschances11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list