maréchaux

\ma.ʁe.ʃo\

/\ma.ʁe.ʃo\/ noun

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The verdict

“maréchaux” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,344
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de maréchal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marechaux · maréchaux · French

maréchaux · rank #33,344 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #33,344
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH martiniquais

Nearest frequency peer: martiniquais (-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 « maréchaux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maréchaux » 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).

maréchaux vs maréchal
78% similar

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

Key facts for maréchaux
PropertyValue
Headwordmaréchaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁe.ʃo\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,344
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maréchaux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maréchauxse 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 « martiniquais » (#33,343), « masquée » (#33,345), « marriage » (#33,342). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maréchaux » est au #33,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around maréchaux (IPA \ma.ʁe.ʃo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,344 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de maréchal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for maréchaux, with forms such as "amréchaux", "marcéhaux", and "marechaux". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "maréchal", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maréchaux, spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de maréchal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le front de Victor Hugo fera raser autant de crânes, que la gloire de Napoléon a fait tuer de maréchaux en herbe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amréchaux
  • marcéhaux
  • marechaux
  • marréchaux
  • marécahux
  • marécchaux
  • maréchauxx
  • maréchaxu
  • maréchhaux
  • maréchuax
  • maréhcaux
  • maérchaux
  • mmaréchaux
  • mraéchaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maréchaux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amréchaux2marcéhaux2marechaux1marréchaux1marécahux2marécchaux1maréchauxx1maréchaxu2
Edit distance from "maréchaux"

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 "maréchaux"?
"maréchaux" is spelled M-A-R-É-C-H-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe.ʃo\.
What does "maréchaux" mean?
As a noun, "maréchaux" means: Pluriel de maréchal.
What words are commonly confused with "maréchaux"?
"maréchaux" is commonly confused with "maréchal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maréchaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maréchaux" is \ma.ʁe.ʃo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maréchaux" come from?
"maréchaux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maréchaux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list