marijuana

\ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\

/\ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“marijuana” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,933
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange à fumer composé avec les feuilles et les fleurs femelles séchées du cannabis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marijuana · marijuana · French

marijuana · rank #15,933 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,933
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maléfique

Nearest frequency peer: maléfique (-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 « marijuana »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marijuana » 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).

marijuana vs Mariana
67% similar

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

Key facts for marijuana
PropertyValue
Headwordmarijuana
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,933
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marijuana »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marijuanase 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 « maléfique » (#15,932), « massacrer » (#15,934), « M3 » (#15,931). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marijuana » est au #15,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around marijuana (IPA \ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,933 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mélange à fumer composé avec les feuilles et les fleurs femelles séchées du cannabis.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for marijuana, with forms such as "amrijuana", "mairjuana", and "marijauna". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Mariana", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marijuana, spelled M-A-R-I-J-U-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mélange à fumer composé avec les feuilles et les fleurs femelles séchées du cannabis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La marijuana est composée à partir des feuilles supérieures, parfois des tiges, des fleurs et des graines du cannabis. Celles-ci sont séchées, finement hachées, puis fumées telles quelles ou mélangées à du tabac. Elle est aussi, parfois, mêlée à des pâtisseries ou à des boissons. La teneur en THC varie de 0.1 à 12% selon la provenance et son mode de prépa…
  2. Si le terme cannabis désigne l’ensemble de la plante, marijuana concerne les feuilles et les fleurs femelles séchées, tandis que le hachich est une pâte confectionnée avec ses fleurs.

Synonyms

herbeMango-Rosapot

This word in other languages

marijuana(English)marihuana(Español)Marihuana(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrijuana
  • mairjuana
  • marijauna
  • marijjuana
  • marijuaan
  • marijuanna
  • marijunaa
  • mariujana
  • marjiuana
  • marrijuana
  • mmarijuana
  • mraijuana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marijuana - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrijuana2mairjuana2marijauna2marijjuana1marijuaan2marijuanna1marijunaa2mariujana2
Edit distance from "marijuana"

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 "marijuana"?
"marijuana" is spelled M-A-R-I-J-U-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\.
What does "marijuana" mean?
As a noun, "marijuana" means: Mélange à fumer composé avec les feuilles et les fleurs femelles séchées du cannabis.
What words are commonly confused with "marijuana"?
"marijuana" is commonly confused with "Mariana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marijuana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marijuana" is \ma.ʁi.ʒwa.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marijuana" come from?
"marijuana" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maléfique#15,932massacrer#15,934nuisibles#15,950intrigues#15,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

menacées12 variantslabrador12 variantsirrigation12 variantsorphelin12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list