mariage de convenance
\ma.ʁjaʒ də kɔ̃v.nɑ̃s\
The verdict
“mariage de convenance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mariage conclu pour des raisons financières ou patrimoniales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mariage-de-convenance · mariage de convenance · French
mariage de convenance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mariage de convenance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁjaʒ də kɔ̃v.nɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mariage de convenance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁjaʒ də kɔ̃v.nɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mariage conclu pour des raisons financières ou patrimoniales.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mariage de convenance, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mariage de convenance, spelled M-A-R-I-A-G-E- -D-E- -C-O-N-V-E-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Mariage conclu pour des raisons financières ou patrimoniales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mariage de convenance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mariage de don Ramon et de doña Jesusita n’avait été qu’un mariage de convenance, contracté du point de vue seul de la fortune, mais qui pourtant les rendait comparativement heureux ; […].
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.