Marmande

\maʁ.mɑ̃d\

/\maʁ.mɑ̃d\/ name

The verdict

“Marmande” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,164
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marmande · Marmande · French

Marmande · rank #45,164 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,164
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marginalisés

Nearest frequency peer: marginalisés (-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 « Marmande »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Marmande » 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).

Marmande vs marrante
63% similar
Marmande vs Marianne
75% similar
Marmande vs marchande
67% similar

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

Key facts for Marmande
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarmande
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\maʁ.mɑ̃d\
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,164
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Marmande »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Marmandese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marginalisés » (#45,163), « marteler » (#45,165), « maquilleuse » (#45,162). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Marmande » est au #45,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Marmande (IPA \maʁ.mɑ̃d\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,164 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marmande, with forms such as "amrmande", "mamrande", and "maramnde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "marrante", "Marianne", "marchande", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Marmande, spelled M-A-R-M-A-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.
  2. 2
    Petite rivière de France, affluent du Cher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Que diriez-vous d’une belle tranche de jambon de Bayonne avec une salade de tomates de Marmande et des asperges du Blayais, puis un magret des Landes et, pour finir, une barquette de fraises du Périgord ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrmande
  • mamrande
  • maramnde
  • marmadne
  • marmandde
  • marmaned
  • marmannde
  • marmmande
  • marmnade
  • marrmande
  • mmarmande
  • mramande

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marmande - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrmande2mamrande2maramnde2marmadne2marmandde1marmaned2marmannde1marmmande1
Edit distance from "Marmande"

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 "Marmande"?
"Marmande" is spelled M-A-R-M-A-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.mɑ̃d\.
What does "Marmande" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marmande" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Lot-et-Garonne.
What words are commonly confused with "Marmande"?
"Marmande" is commonly confused with "marrante", "Marianne", "marchande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marmande"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marmande" is \maʁ.mɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marmande" come from?
"Marmande" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list