marmotter
\maʁ.mɔ.te\
The verdict
“marmotter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marmonner, parler seul ou confusément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marmotter · marmotter · French
marmotter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marmotter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \maʁ.mɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
marmotter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \maʁ.mɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for marmotter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is marmotter, spelled M-A-R-M-O-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marmonner, parler seul ou confusément.
- 2Dire confusément et entre ses dents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marmotter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, c’était fête à la synagogue, ténébreusement étoilée de lampes d’argent, et les rabbins, en robes et en lunettes, baisaient leurs talmuds, marmottant, nasillonnant, crachant ou se mouchant, les uns assis, les autres non.
Dorothée se signait à tour de bras, ses grosses besicles penchées sur un antique missel à fermoir de cuivre, marmottant les paroles latines avec ferveur.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.