Mariotte
The verdict
“Mariotte” is uncommon French (frequency #85,912 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,912
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mariotte · Mariotte · French
Mariotte · rank #85,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,912
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Markovic
Nearest frequency peer: Markovic (+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 « Mariotte »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- malpolis
malpolis
14,094 corpus weight
- manivelles
manivelles
14,092 corpus weight
- Mariotte
Mariotte
14,089 corpus weight
- Markovic
Markovic
14,088 corpus weight
- martiennes
martiennes
14,086 corpus weight
- martinets
martinets
14,085 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mariotte » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mariotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mariotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mariotte is uncommon French at frequency #85,912 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mariotte in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Mariotte, spelled M-A-R-I-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mariotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’esprit de bande est l’un des axes du nouveau rendez-vous de la Une qui pourra compter sur une quinzaine de chroniqueurs et chroniqueuses dont Christophe Beaugrand, Karima Charni, Laurent Mariotte ou Ange Noiret.
Selon Jean Mariotte, cofondateur du projet, le succès de ce nouveau venu tient à deux principaux facteurs.
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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