maritorne
\ma.ʁi.tɔʁn\
The verdict
“maritorne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille hommasse, laide, malpropre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maritorne · maritorne · French
maritorne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maritorne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁi.tɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maritorne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maritorne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʁi.tɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fille hommasse, laide, malpropre.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maritorne in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is maritorne, spelled M-A-R-I-T-O-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Fille hommasse, laide, malpropre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maritorne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De belles grandes filles bien découplées, avec leurs magnifiques tresses tombant sur les épaules, parfaitement habillées, et ne ressemblant en rien aux maritornes promises, allaient et venaient avec une activité de bon augure pour le souper qui ne se fit pas attendre.
Un rustre et un couard qui renonça son maître et sa foi devant des maritornes bien moins jolies sans doute, que la femme de chambre de madame la baillive de Séez.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.