marmot

\maʁ.mo\

/\maʁ.mo\/ noun

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The verdict

“marmot” is uncommon French (frequency #73,341 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,341
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Singe dont la bouche se déforme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marmot · marmot · French

marmot · rank #73,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,341
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marle

Nearest frequency peer: Marle (-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 « marmot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marmot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marmot
PropertyValue
Headwordmarmot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.mo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « marmot » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marmottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Marle » (#73,340), « marineland » (#73,339), « marnais » (#73,343). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marmot » est au #73,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marmot is uncommon French at frequency #73,341 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marmot, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marmot, spelled M-A-R-M-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Singe dont la bouche se déforme.
  2. 2
    Faciès déformé par des rictus. → voir croquer le marmot
  3. 3
    Heurtoir de porte d’entrée.
  4. 4
    Personne dont le visage est déformé.
  5. 5
    Enfant en bas âge faisant des mimiques.
  6. 6
    Petit enfant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par contre, nul n’affirme que ces singes étaient des marmots.
  2. Come d’un tronc de boys se peut faire la représentation d’un marmot (sic).

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 "marmot"?
"marmot" is spelled M-A-R-M-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.mo\.
What does "marmot" mean?
As a noun, "marmot" means: Singe dont la bouche se déforme.
How do you pronounce "marmot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marmot" is \maʁ.mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marton#73,344maniac#73,335mancha#73,333Mesmer#73,353

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list