Marlboro
The verdict
“Marlboro” is uncommon French (frequency #51,599 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,599
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de diverses localités aux États-Unis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marlboro · Marlboro · French
Marlboro · rank #51,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,599
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mattel
Nearest frequency peer: Mattel (+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 « Marlboro »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- manouche
manouche
48,406 corpus weight
- marionnetti…
marionnettiste
48,404 corpus weight
- Marlboro
Marlboro
48,402 corpus weight
- Mattel
Mattel
48,401 corpus weight
- matérialisée
matérialisée
48,400 corpus weight
- Maus
Maus
48,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Marlboro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marlboro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Marlboro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Marlboro is uncommon French at frequency #51,599 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Marlboro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Marlboro, spelled M-A-R-L-B-O-R-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de diverses localités aux États-Unis.
- 2Marque de cigarettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Marlboro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wayne et David McLean, porte-paroles de Marlboro, sont tous deux morts de cancer bipulmonaire.
Avec les « techniciens de scène de crime » de l’Identité judiciaire (IJ), en combinaisons immaculées, Eric, ganté de latex, saisit et place sous scellés l’arme du crime, mais aussi « un mégot de cigarette Marlboro » et « 11 poils d’origine indéterminée ».
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).