marmite

\maʁ.mit\

/\maʁ.mit\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“marmite” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,614
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient de terre ou de métal, qui peut recevoir un couvercle, et dans lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, cuire des aliments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marmite · marmite · French

marmite · rank #22,614 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,614
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marabout

Nearest frequency peer: marabout (-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 « marmite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marmite » 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).

marmite vs mérite
71% similar
marmite vs martine
71% similar
marmite vs maudite
71% similar

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

Key facts for marmite
PropertyValue
Headwordmarmite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.mit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,614
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marmite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marmitese 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 « marabout » (#22,613), « mart » (#22,615), « maniaque » (#22,612). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marmite » est au #22,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around marmite (IPA \maʁ.mit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,614 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for marmite, with forms such as "amrmite", "mamrite", and "marimte". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "mérite", "martine", "maudite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 marmite, spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récipient de terre ou de métal, qui peut recevoir un couvercle, et dans lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, cuire des aliments.
  2. 2
    Marmitée, ce que la marmite contient.
  3. 3
    Nourriture, subsistance.
  4. 4
    Par analogie de forme, trou laissé dans le sol par l’explosion d'un obus. On dit aussi trou de marmite.
  5. 5
    Obus de gros calibre, faisant de gros trous dans le sol.
  6. 6
    Prostituée qui entretient un souteneur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des racines coupées et des feuilles de betteraves, bouillant dans une marmite sur le feu, mêlaient leur parfum âcre à l’odeur de renfermé qui semblait stagner dans les encoignures.
  2. Lorsque je me réveillai, le lendemain, ma mère attisait le feu sous la marmite où cuisait la soupe.

This word in other languages

casserole(English)marmita(Español)Topf(Deutsch)panela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrmite
  • mamrite
  • marimte
  • marmiet
  • marmitte
  • marmmite
  • marmtie
  • marrmite
  • mmarmite
  • mramite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marmite - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrmite2mamrite2marimte2marmiet2marmitte1marmmite1marmtie2marrmite1
Edit distance from "marmite"

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 "marmite"?
"marmite" is spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.mit\.
What does "marmite" mean?
As a noun, "marmite" means: Récipient de terre ou de métal, qui peut recevoir un couvercle, et dans lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, cuire des aliments.
What words are commonly confused with "marmite"?
"marmite" is commonly confused with "mérite", "martine", "maudite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marmite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marmite" is \maʁ.mit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marmite" come from?
"marmite" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lemoine#22,603mécénat#22,627Kabylie#22,598jacuzzi#22,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

maniaque10 variantsPalerme10 variantsHanovre10 variantsGestapo10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list