mardi gras
\maʁ.di ɡʁa\
The verdict
“mardi gras” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dernier jour du carnaval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mardi-gras · mardi gras · French
mardi gras · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mardi gras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.di ɡʁa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mardi gras is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.di ɡʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mardi gras, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mardi gras, spelled M-A-R-D-I- -G-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Dernier jour du carnaval.
- 2Personne qui s’habille d’une façon ridicule évoquant l’idée d’un déguisement.
- 3Vacances scolaires en février.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mardi gras appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma mère n’a pas eu le temps de m’enfermer. Je suis mon maître, un mardi gras ! Ce jour-là c’est la coutume que dans chaque rue on élève une pyramide de charbon, un bûcher en forme de meule, comme un gros bonnet de coton noir avec une mèche à laquelle on met le feu le matin.
Un soir quelconque de mardi gras, le curé de Melotte, avec quelques amis, avait, comme tout le monde, un peu festoyé et mangé et bu un peu plus peut-être que de coutume.
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.