marit
\mə.ˈɾit\
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
- maraude
maraude
36,095 corpus weight
- Marchi
Marchi
36,094 corpus weight
- marginalisé…
marginalisées
36,093 corpus weight
- marit
marit
36,092 corpus weight
- maronites
maronites
36,091 corpus weight
- Mastroianni
Mastroianni
36,089 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mə.ˈɾit\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marit » en français
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
- 1Mari, époux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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"?
What does "marit" mean?
How do you pronounce "marit"?
What language does "marit" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).