Marionette
\maʀi̯oˈnɛtə\
The verdict
“Marionette” is uncommon French (frequency #89,902 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,902
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marionnette.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marionette · Marionette · French
Marionette · rank #89,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,902
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marbrée
Nearest frequency peer: marbrée (-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 « Marionette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marbrée
marbrée
10,100 corpus weight
- Marionette
Marionette
10,099 corpus weight
- martèlement
martèlement
10,098 corpus weight
- Masahiro
Masahiro
10,097 corpus weight
- matam
matam
10,096 corpus weight
- matchmaking
matchmaking
10,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Marionette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marionette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʀi̯oˈnɛtə\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Marionette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Marionette is uncommon French at frequency #89,902 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʀi̯oˈnɛtə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marionnette.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Marionette in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Marionette, spelled M-A-R-I-O-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Marionnette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Marionette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Herstellung von Marionetten ist Teil der sizilianischen Volkskunst.
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.
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