marimba
\ma.ʁim.ba\
The verdict
“marimba” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Xylophone africain dont chaque lame est munie d’un résonateur en bambou, en bois, ou en calebasse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marimba |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁim.ba\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marimba” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marimba is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁim.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Xylophone africain dont chaque lame est munie d’un résonateur en bambou, en bois, ou en calebasse.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marimba, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is marimba, spelled M-A-R-I-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Xylophone africain dont chaque lame est munie d’un résonateur en bambou, en bois, ou en calebasse.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “marimba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-I-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʁim.ba\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.