Mariama
The verdict
“Mariama” is uncommon French (frequency #80,403 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,403
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mariama · Mariama · French
Mariama · rank #80,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,403
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marjane
Nearest frequency peer: Marjane (+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 « Mariama »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Manceaux
Manceaux
19,602 corpus weight
- manipulables
manipulables
19,600 corpus weight
- Mariama
Mariama
19,598 corpus weight
- Marjane
Marjane
19,597 corpus weight
- marsupiaux
marsupiaux
19,595 corpus weight
- marv
marv
19,594 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mariama » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mariama |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mariama » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mariama is uncommon French at frequency #80,403 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mariama, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Mariama, spelled M-A-R-I-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mariama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous les acclamations, Katel Lejeune a nommé de mémoire le prénom de tous les bénévoles investis : Jean-Yves, Zabeth, Magali, François, Olivier, Brigitte, Catherine, Marie-No, Martine, Claire, Pascal, Mariama, Alain, Jean-Marc, Nolwenn et Éloane.
Ainsi, on peut désormais aller aux archives Suzanne-Citron à Bobigny et déposer ses enfants aux crèches Emmi-Pikler et Virginia-Apgar à Drancy, Suzanne-Lacore et Betty-Williams à La Courneuve et Mariama-Bâ à Épinay-sur-Seine.
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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