marécageux

\ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\

/\ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\/ adj

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The verdict

“marécageux” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,550
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de la nature du marécage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marecageux · marécageux · French

marécageux · rank #43,550 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,550
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marrantes

Nearest frequency peer: marrantes (-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 « marécageux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marécageux » 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).

marécageux vs marécage
80% similar
marécageux vs marécages
80% similar

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

Key facts for marécageux
PropertyValue
Headwordmarécageux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,550
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marécageux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).marécageuxse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marrantes » (#43,549), « Mauricien » (#43,551), « marchandage » (#43,548). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marécageux » est au #43,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around marécageux (IPA \ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,550 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for marécageux, with forms such as "amrécageux", "marcéageux", and "marecageux". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "marécage", "marécages", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is marécageux, spelled M-A-R-É-C-A-G-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de la nature du marécage.
  2. 2
    Qui est morbide, malsain ou étouffant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Aroïdées habitent généralement les lieux humides, marécageux, et les bois très-ombragés; elles sont presque toutes âcres, même vésicantes. On distingue dans cette famille le Gouet ou Pied-de-veau (Arum L.), le Calla et l’Acorus.
  2. À l’ouest, la plaine, s’abaissant encore, devenait marécageuse, et s’imbibait d’une eau stagnante qui alimentait les affluents du Kuruman.

Synonyms

palustre

This word in other languages

swampy(English)sumpfig(Deutsch)pantanoso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrécageux
  • marcéageux
  • marecageux
  • marrécageux
  • maréacgeux
  • marécaegux
  • marécageuxx
  • marécagexu
  • marécaggeux
  • marécaguex
  • maréccageux
  • marécgaeux
  • maércageux
  • mmarécageux
  • mraécageux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrécageux2marcéageux2marecageux1marrécageux1maréacgeux2marécaegux2marécageuxx1marécagexu2
Edit distance from "marécageux"

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 "marécageux"?
"marécageux" is spelled M-A-R-É-C-A-G-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\.
What does "marécageux" mean?
As an adjective, "marécageux" means: Qui est de la nature du marécage.
What words are commonly confused with "marécageux"?
"marécageux" is commonly confused with "marécage", "marécages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marécageux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marécageux" is \ma.ʁe.ka.ʒø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marécageux" come from?
"marécageux" 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 "marécageux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

occasionnelles15 variantspassivement15 variantsinterpellée15 variantsintensives15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list