marmonner
\maʁ.mɔ.ne\
The verdict
“marmonner” is uncommon French (frequency #92,977 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,977
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Murmurer sourdement et souvent de façon hostile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marmonner · marmonner · French
marmonner · rank #92,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,977
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH martelée
Nearest frequency peer: martelée (+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 « marmonner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Manas
Manas
7,030 corpus weight
- maras
maras
7,029 corpus weight
- marcherons
marcherons
7,028 corpus weight
- marmonner
marmonner
7,024 corpus weight
- martelée
martelée
7,023 corpus weight
- masquage
masquage
7,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marmonner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marmonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \maʁ.mɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marmonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marmonner is uncommon French at frequency #92,977 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \maʁ.mɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marmonner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marmonner, spelled M-A-R-M-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Murmurer sourdement et souvent de façon hostile.
- 2Murmurer entre ses dents. → voir marmotter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marmonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Nom d’un chien ! – marmonna-t-il. – Je n’ai aucune sympathie pour les cadavres… J’aimerais mieux, ma foi, que l’individu fût vivant.
Soit je trouvais ma mère dans un état normal, ce qui était très rare, soit elle était bourrée comme un coin, et elle n'arrêtait pas de marmonner, soit elle était dehors à faire les bistrots.
Synonyms
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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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