marker
\ˈmɑː.kə\
The verdict
“marker” is uncommon French (frequency #56,098 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,098
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marqueur, stylo-feutre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marker · marker · French
marker · rank #56,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,098
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marqueterie
Nearest frequency peer: marqueterie (+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 « marker »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- manquerez
manquerez
43,907 corpus weight
- maraudeurs
maraudeurs
43,906 corpus weight
- marker
marker
43,903 corpus weight
- marqueterie
marqueterie
43,902 corpus weight
- Marsupilami
Marsupilami
43,901 corpus weight
- mascherano
mascherano
43,900 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marker » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marker |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmɑː.kə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marker » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marker is uncommon French at frequency #56,098 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmɑː.kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marker in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marker, spelled M-A-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marqueur, stylo-feutre.
- 2Marqueur de paintball.
- 3Marqueur.
- 4Reconnaissance de dette.
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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