marit

\mə.ˈɾit\

/\mə.ˈɾit\/ noun

The verdict

“marit” is uncommon French (frequency #63,909 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,909
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-marit · marit · French

marit · rank #63,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,909
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marginalisées

Nearest frequency peer: marginalisées (-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 « marit »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marit
PropertyValue
Headwordmarit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mə.ˈɾit\
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,909
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marit » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « marginalisées » (#63,908), « maronites » (#63,910), « Marchi » (#63,907). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marit » est au #63,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marit is uncommon French at frequency #63,909 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mə.ˈɾit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mari, époux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for marit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marit, spelled M-A-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mari, époux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jo m’en venia viu fort pelea dins una aldea, en un carrer: marit, muller viu emplaçar, fort acusar que adulterava.

Synonyms

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 "marit"?
"marit" is spelled M-A-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.ˈɾit\.
What does "marit" mean?
As a noun, "marit" means: Mari, époux.
How do you pronounce "marit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marit" is \mə.ˈɾit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marit" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list