Marennes
\ma.ʁɛn\
The verdict
“Marennes” is uncommon French (frequency #67,685 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,685
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime intégrée à la commune de Marennes-Hiers-Brouage en janvier 2019.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marennes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marennes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Marennes is uncommon French at frequency #67,685 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Marennes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Marennes, spelled M-A-R-E-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime intégrée à la commune de Marennes-Hiers-Brouage en janvier 2019.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département du Rhône.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
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.
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Using “Marennes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-E-N-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʁɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.