Marine

\ma.ʁin\

/\ma.ʁin\/ name

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The verdict

“Marine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,185
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-marine · Marine · French

Marine · rank #1,185 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,185
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lutte

Nearest frequency peer: lutte (-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 « Marine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Marine » 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).

Marine vs mine
50% similar
Marine vs matin
50% similar
Marine vs Mario
67% similar

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

Key facts for Marine
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ʁin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,185
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Marine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Marinese place ici:

#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 « lutte » (#1,184), « ouvrir » (#1,186), « pression » (#1,187). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Marine » est au #1,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Marine (IPA \ma.ʁin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,185 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marine, with forms such as "amrine", "mairne", and "marien". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mine", "matin", "Mario", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Marine, spelled M-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Quand je coécrivais un épisode de la série 6, je ne savais pas du tout que cette proposition me serait faite », raconte Marine Francou, la directrice d’écriture.
  2. Une cohésion et une combativité qu’il faudra retenir pour la suite de cette jeune équipe de France, incarnée par la meneuse Marine Fauthoux, qui a surnagé jeudi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrine
  • mairne
  • marien
  • marinne
  • marnie
  • marrine
  • mmarine
  • mraine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrine2mairne2marien2marinne1marnie2marrine1mmarine1mraine2
Edit distance from "Marine"

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 "Marine"?
"Marine" is spelled M-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁin\.
What does "Marine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marine" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Marine"?
"Marine" is commonly confused with "mine", "matin", "Mario". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marine" is \ma.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marine" come from?
"Marine" 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 "Marine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrir#1,186élèves#1,195limite#1,167pauvre#1,205

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dossier8 variantsvitesse8 variantsdrôle8 variantsdébat8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list