margrave

\maʁ.ɡʁav\

/\maʁ.ɡʁav\/ noun

The verdict

“margrave” is uncommon French (frequency #55,426 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,426
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titre donné autrefois à quelques princes souverains, en Allemagne et en Autriche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-margrave · margrave · French

margrave · rank #55,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,426
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maraîcher

Nearest frequency peer: maraîcher (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « margrave »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « margrave » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for margrave
PropertyValue
Headwordmargrave
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.ɡʁav\
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « margrave » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.margravetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « maraîcher » (#55,425), « marinier » (#55,427), « maquisards » (#55,424). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « margrave » est au #55,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

margrave is uncommon French at frequency #55,426 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.ɡʁav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Titre donné autrefois à quelques princes souverains, en Allemagne et en Autriche.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for margrave in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is margrave, spelled M-A-R-G-R-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre donné autrefois à quelques princes souverains, en Allemagne et en Autriche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …, le jeune comte Ludwig de Godesberg, âgé de dix-huit ans alors, fut fiancé à la petite Emma de Ronsdorf, qui n’en avait encore que dix : seulement il fut convenu entre le vieux margrave et la douairière que les fiancés attendraient cinq ans encore avant d’être époux.
  2. Or, en juin, la Lusace, en août, les Moraves, Font la fête du trône et sacrent leurs margraves; C'est aujourd'hui le jour du burg mystérieux; Mahaud viendra ce soir souper chez ses aïeux.

This word in other languages

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 "margrave"?
"margrave" is spelled M-A-R-G-R-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ɡʁav\.
What does "margrave" mean?
As a noun, "margrave" means: Titre donné autrefois à quelques princes souverains, en Allemagne et en Autriche.
How do you pronounce "margrave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "margrave" is \maʁ.ɡʁav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list