Marigny
\ma.ʁi.ɲi\
The verdict
“Marigny” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,368 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #40,368
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Allier.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marigny |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁi.ɲi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marigny” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Marigny is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʁi.ɲi\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,368 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marigny, with forms such as "amrigny", "mairgny", and "marginy". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "marin", "Marine", "marins", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Marigny, spelled M-A-R-I-G-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Allier.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département du Jura.
- 3Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.
- 4Commune française, située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire.
- 5Commune française, située dans le département des Deux-Sèvres.
- 6Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Manche intégrée dans la commune de Marigny-Le-Lozon en janvier 2016.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrigny,mairgny,marginy,mariggny,marignny,marignyy,marigyn,maringy,marrigny,mmarigny,mraigny
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marigny - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Marigny”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-I-G-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʁi.ɲi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marin” - see the side-by-side comparison. Marigny vs marin
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.