Marilou

\ma.ʁi.lu\

/\ma.ʁi.lu\/ name

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The verdict

“Marilou” is uncommon French (frequency #58,081 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,081
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marilou · Marilou · French

Marilou · rank #58,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,081
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marchetti

Nearest frequency peer: Marchetti (-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 « Marilou »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Marilou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Marilou
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarilou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ʁi.lu\
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Marilou » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Mariloutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Marchetti » (#58,080), « manage » (#58,079), « marry » (#58,083). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Marilou » est au #58,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Marilou is uncommon French at frequency #58,081 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ʁi.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Marilou in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Marilou, spelled M-A-R-I-L-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Fuyant Rouen (Normandie) envahie par les Prussiens, sept notables, deux religieuses et une prostituée, Élisabeth Rousset (Marilou Berry) surnommée Boule de suif, ont pris place dans la diligence de Dieppe.

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 "Marilou"?
"Marilou" is spelled M-A-R-I-L-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁi.lu\.
What does "Marilou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marilou" means: Prénom féminin.
How do you pronounce "Marilou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marilou" is \ma.ʁi.lu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marilou" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list