Marius

\ma.ʁjys\

/\ma.ʁjys\/ name

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The verdict

“Marius” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,411
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-marius · Marius · French

Marius · rank #16,411 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,411
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malsain

Nearest frequency peer: malsain (-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 « Marius »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Marius » 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).

Marius vs mars
50% similar
Marius vs marks
50% similar
Marius vs marqué
50% similar

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

Key facts for Marius
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarius
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.ʁjys\
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,411
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Marius »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Mariusse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malsain » (#16,410), « marquise » (#16,412), « marées » (#16,413). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Marius » est au #16,411. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Marius (IPA \ma.ʁjys\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,411 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marius, with forms such as "amrius", "mairus", and "marisu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mars", "marks", "marqué", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Marius, spelled M-A-R-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Paul, quant à lui, avait sauté sur son cheval et foncé chez son oncle Marius.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrius
  • mairus
  • marisu
  • mariuss
  • marrius
  • maruis
  • mmarius
  • mraius

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrius2mairus2marisu2mariuss1marrius1maruis2mmarius1mraius2
Edit distance from "Marius"

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 "Marius"?
"Marius" is spelled M-A-R-I-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁjys\.
What does "Marius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marius" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Marius"?
"Marius" is commonly confused with "mars", "marks", "marqué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marius"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marius" is \ma.ʁjys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marius" come from?
"Marius" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marées#16,413Mecque#16,415moches#16,419Keller#16,402

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

mettais8 variantsNépal8 variantsottoman8 variantsimmonde8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list