maroon
\məˈɹuːn\
The verdict
“maroon” is uncommon French (frequency #54,719 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,719
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nègre marron, esclave noir d'Amérique évadé, ou un de ses descendants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maroon · maroon · French
maroon · rank #54,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,719
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marmottes
Nearest frequency peer: marmottes (-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 « maroon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marginaliser
marginaliser
45,285 corpus weight
- marketplace
marketplace
45,284 corpus weight
- marmottes
marmottes
45,283 corpus weight
- maroon
maroon
45,282 corpus weight
- mastodontes
mastodontes
45,281 corpus weight
- matti
matti
45,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « maroon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maroon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \məˈɹuːn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maroon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maroon is uncommon French at frequency #54,719 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \məˈɹuːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maroon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maroon, spelled M-A-R-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nègre marron, esclave noir d'Amérique évadé, ou un de ses descendants.
- 2Personne qui a été abandonnée dans un endroit désertique.
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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