maréchal

\ma.ʁe.ʃal\

/\ma.ʁe.ʃal\/ noun

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The verdict

“maréchal” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,957
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titre de la plus haute dignité dans la hiérarchie militaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marechal · maréchal · French

maréchal · rank #4,957 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,957
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marchand

Nearest frequency peer: marchand (-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 « maréchal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maréchal » 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).

maréchal vs marshal
75% similar
maréchal vs maréchaux
78% similar
maréchal vs marcha
75% similar

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

Key facts for maréchal
PropertyValue
Headwordmaréchal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁe.ʃal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,957
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maréchal »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maréchalse 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 « marchand » (#4,956), « mentale » (#4,958), « louer » (#4,955). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maréchal » est au #4,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around maréchal (IPA \ma.ʁe.ʃal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,957 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for maréchal, with forms such as "amréchal", "marcéhal", and "marechal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "marshal", "maréchaux", "marcha", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maréchal, spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre de la plus haute dignité dans la hiérarchie militaire.
  2. 2
    (avec une majuscule) Désigne le maréchal Philippe Pétain.
  3. 3
    Grands officiers ou dignitaires civils en divers pays.
  4. 4
    Maréchal-ferrant.
  5. 5
    Faucheux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est à Rambervillers que Charles IV, duc de Lorraine, se retrancha en 1635, et arrêta l’armée française commandée par le maréchal de la Force.
  2. De toutes parts s'élevaient les acclamations et les cris : « A Paris! » Ces vivats, ces enthousiasmes faisaient contraste avec la froideur, les réserves, les critiques, les refus d'obéissance des maréchaux comme Ney, Lefebvre, Oudinot, Mac-Donald qui, la veille, avaient déclaré à Napoléon qu'un projet de retour sur Paris était une folie.

This word in other languages

marshal(English)mariscal(Español)Marschall(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amréchal
  • marcéhal
  • marechal
  • marréchal
  • marécahl
  • marécchal
  • maréchall
  • maréchhal
  • maréchla
  • maréhcal
  • maérchal
  • mmaréchal
  • mraéchal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amréchal2marcéhal2marechal1marréchal1marécahl2marécchal1maréchall1maréchhal1
Edit distance from "maréchal"

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 "maréchal"?
"maréchal" is spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe.ʃal\.
What does "maréchal" mean?
As a noun, "maréchal" means: Titre de la plus haute dignité dans la hiérarchie militaire.
What words are commonly confused with "maréchal"?
"maréchal" is commonly confused with "marshal", "maréchaux", "marcha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maréchal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maréchal" is \ma.ʁe.ʃal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maréchal" come from?
"maréchal" 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 "maréchal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marchand#4,956montrant#4,962isabelle#4,949panneaux#4,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

relatives13 variantsreligions13 variantsconfusion13 variantschangent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list