marier

/\ma.ʁje\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,348

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marier is aFrenchverb. It means: Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion. Pronounced \ma.ʁje\. It ranks #4,348 in French word frequency. Often confused with Mario and marin.

Key facts for marier
PropertyValue
Headwordmarier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.ʁje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,348
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marier is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʁje\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,348 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for marier, with forms such as "amrier", "mairer", and "mareir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mario", "marin", "marne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is marier, spelled M-A-R-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion.
  2. 2
    Arranger un mariage.
  3. 3
    ou Épouser.
  4. 4
    Contracter un mariage ; épouser.
  5. 5
    Réunir ; assembler, en parlant de personnes.
  6. 6
    Joindre deux choses matérielles ou deux éléments abstraits.
  7. 7
    Assortir des couleurs, des saveurs, des sonorités, des odeurs ou des textures.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrier,mairer,mareir,marierr,marire,marrier,mmarier,mraier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marier

Misspelling Variants of "marier"

amrier6mairer6mareir6marierr7marire6marrier7mmarier7mraier6
Misspelling Variants of "marier"

Frequency rank: #4,348 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marier"?
"marier" is spelled M-A-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁje\.
What does "marier" mean?
As a verb, "marier" means: Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion.
What words are commonly confused with "marier"?
"marier" is commonly confused with "Mario", "marin", "marne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marier" is \ma.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marier" come from?
"marier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.