marionnettes

\ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\

/\ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\/ noun

The verdict

“marionnettes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,676
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de marionnette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marionnettes · marionnettes · French

marionnettes · rank #15,676 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,676
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mangas

Nearest frequency peer: mangas (-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 « marionnettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marionnettes » 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).

marionnettes vs marionnette
92% similar

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

Key facts for marionnettes
PropertyValue
Headwordmarionnettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,676
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marionnettes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marionnettesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mangas » (#15,675), « marrer » (#15,677), « maigrir » (#15,674). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marionnettes » est au #15,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around marionnettes (IPA \ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,676 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de marionnette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for marionnettes, with forms such as "amrionnettes", "maironnettes", and "marinonettes". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "marionnette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is marionnettes, spelled M-A-R-I-O-N-N-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de marionnette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous verrez notre triomphe et notre joie, vous nous verrez accéder à la vie, piétiner vos fétiches et vos marionnettes, débarbeler les sortilèges et les mystères, désenchaîner les éléments torrentiels.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrionnettes
  • maironnettes
  • marinonettes
  • marionenttes
  • marionettes
  • marionnetes
  • marionnetets
  • marionnettess
  • marionnettse
  • marionntetes
  • maroinnettes
  • marrionnettes
  • mmarionnettes
  • mraionnettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marionnettes - 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.

amrionnettes2maironnettes2marinonettes2marionenttes2marionettes1marionnetes1marionnetets2marionnettess1
Edit distance from "marionnettes"

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 "marionnettes"?
"marionnettes" is spelled M-A-R-I-O-N-N-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\.
What does "marionnettes" mean?
As a noun, "marionnettes" means: Pluriel de marionnette.
What words are commonly confused with "marionnettes"?
"marionnettes" is commonly confused with "marionnette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marionnettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marionnettes" is \ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marionnettes" come from?
"marionnettes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list