marier

\ma.ʁje\

/\ma.ʁje\/ verb

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The verdict

“marier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,348. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,348
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unir deux personnes par le lien conjugal, selon les lois de l’État ou de la religion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marier · marier · French

marier · rank #4,348 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,348
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH master

Nearest frequency peer: master (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « marier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « marier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marier vs Mario
50% similar
marier vs marin
67% similar
marier vs marne
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).marierse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « master » (#4,349), « leçons » (#4,346), « mentir » (#4,350). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marier » est au #4,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around marier (IPA \ma.ʁje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,348 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for marier, with forms such as "amrier", "mairer", and "mareir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marier, spelled M-A-R-I-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A peine majeur et par les soins de l’Ignacien, Laurent Tailhade fut marié à une hoberelle bretonne dont le terre à terre provincial et l'esprit façonné par les Pères étaient capables de couper les ailes au poète le mieux doué.
  2. Ainsi donc on nous a mariés sans que nous nous connussions, sans que nous nous aimassions ; on nous a mariés sans nous consulter, nous qu’on mariait.

Synonyms

antifler de secauguerfaire une finse dire oui

This word in other languages

marry(English)casarse(Español)trauen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrier
  • mairer
  • mareir
  • marierr
  • marire
  • marrier
  • mmarier
  • mraier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrier2mairer2mareir2marierr1marire2marrier1mmarier1mraier2
Edit distance from "marier"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

master#4,349leçons#4,346mentir#4,350misère#4,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Nancy8 variantsfraude8 variantspoulet8 variantsdonnera8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list