marin

Name: marin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.ʁɛ̃\

/\ma.ʁɛ̃\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“marin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,936
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à la mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marin · marin · French

marin · rank #3,936 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,936
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH lion

Nearest frequency peer: lion (-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.

laissent

96,067
lion

96,066
marin

96,065
marié

96,064
masque

96,063
massif

96,062

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

marin vs min

60% similar

marin vs mars

60% similar

marin vs mark

60% similar

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

Key facts for marin
Property	Value
Headword	marin
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ma.ʁɛ̃\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#3,936
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marinse place ici:

#3,936

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lion » (#3,935), « marié » (#3,937), « laissent » (#3,934). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marin » est au #3,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around marin (IPA \ma.ʁɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,936 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for marin, with forms such as "amrin", "mairn", and "marinn". 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, "min", "mars", "mark", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is marin, spelled M-A-R-I-N.

Definition

1
Qui appartient à la mer.
2
Qui est spécialement destiné à la marine.
3
Qui évoque un marin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Si tout le tableau donnait cette impression des ports où la mer entre dans la terre, où la terre est déjà marine et la population amphibie, la force de l'élément marin éclatait partout ; […]
Enfin, comme à dessein de le rendre plus complexe, des odeurs de caroube, de denrées coloniales, de goudron, d'air marin arrivaient puissamment du port et se mêlaient à celles qui montaient des pavés et des caves.

This word in other languages

maritime(English)See...(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amrin
mairn
marinn
marni
marrin
mmarin
mrain

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "marin"

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 "marin"?

"marin" is spelled M-A-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁɛ̃\.

What does "marin" mean?

As an adjective, "marin" means: Qui appartient à la mer.

What words are commonly confused with "marin"?

"marin" is commonly confused with "min", "mars", "mark". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "marin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marin" is \ma.ʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "marin" come from?

"marin" 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 "marin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marié#3,937 jette#3,931 milan#3,941 issus#3,930

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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