marécage

\ma.ʁe.kaʒ\

/\ma.ʁe.kaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“marécage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,395
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étendue de terre saturée d'eau pendant la plus grande partie de l'année, et dont la surface du sol n'est généralement recouverte que d'une faible profondeur d'eau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marecage · marécage · French

marécage · rank #39,395 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,395
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marshal

Nearest frequency peer: marshal (-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 « marécage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marécage » 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).

marécage vs mariage
75% similar
marécage vs marquage
75% similar
marécage vs marriage
75% similar

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

Key facts for marécage
PropertyValue
Headwordmarécage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁe.kaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,395
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marécage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).marécagese 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 « marshal » (#39,394), « matraquage » (#39,396), « mariant » (#39,393). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marécage » est au #39,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around marécage (IPA \ma.ʁe.kaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,395 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for marécage, with forms such as "amrécage", "marcéage", and "marecage". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mariage", "marquage", "marriage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marécage, spelled M-A-R-É-C-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendue de terre saturée d'eau pendant la plus grande partie de l'année, et dont la surface du sol n'est généralement recouverte que d'une faible profondeur d'eau.
  2. 2
    Endroit malsain ; chose malsaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le désert solognot se confirme et semble se complaire dans son isolement comme au temps où marécages et autres humidités l'écartaient du reste du monde.
  2. Tout ce pays-là n'est qu'un grand marécage. — Les oiseaux aquatiques se plaisent dans les marécages.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrécage
  • marcéage
  • marecage
  • marrécage
  • maréacge
  • marécaeg
  • marécagge
  • maréccage
  • marécgae
  • maércage
  • mmarécage
  • mraécage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marécage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrécage2marcéage2marecage1marrécage1maréacge2marécaeg2marécagge1maréccage1
Edit distance from "marécage"

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 "marécage"?
"marécage" is spelled M-A-R-É-C-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe.kaʒ\.
What does "marécage" mean?
As a noun, "marécage" means: Étendue de terre saturée d'eau pendant la plus grande partie de l'année, et dont la surface du sol n'est généralement recouverte que d'une faible profondeur d'eau.
What words are commonly confused with "marécage"?
"marécage" is commonly confused with "mariage", "marquage", "marriage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marécage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marécage" is \ma.ʁe.kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marécage" come from?
"marécage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marécage", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list