marchèrent

\maʁ.ʃɛʁ\

/\maʁ.ʃɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“marchèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #84,047 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,047
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de marcher.

Key facts for marchèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordmarchèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\maʁ.ʃɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “marchèrent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). marchèrent lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marchèrent is uncommon French at frequency #84,047 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \maʁ.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de marcher.".

marchèrent has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is marchèrent, spelled M-A-R-C-H-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de 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 "marchèrent"?
"marchèrent" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "marchèrent" mean?
As a verb, "marchèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de marcher.
How do you pronounce "marchèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marchèrent" is \maʁ.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marchèrent" come from?
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Using “marchèrent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-C-H-È-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \maʁ.ʃɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list