marmiton
\maʁ.mi.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“marmiton” is uncommon French (frequency #65,295 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,295
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune aide de cuisine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marmiton · marmiton · French
marmiton · rank #65,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,295
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marcelino
Nearest frequency peer: Marcelino (-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 « marmiton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mandi
mandi
34,709 corpus weight
- mangroves
mangroves
34,708 corpus weight
- Marcelino
Marcelino
34,707 corpus weight
- marmiton
marmiton
34,706 corpus weight
- Marylin
Marylin
34,705 corpus weight
- matata
matata
34,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marmiton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marmiton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.mi.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,295 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marmiton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marmiton is uncommon French at frequency #65,295 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.mi.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune aide de cuisine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marmiton, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 marmiton, spelled M-A-R-M-I-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Jeune aide de cuisine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marmiton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur les cloisons des compartiments, il y avait des panneaux publicitaires du trust « Wagon-Restaurant », où un marmiton aux joues roses portait un cochon de lait sur un plat.
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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