marpailler
\maʁ.pa.je\
The verdict
“marpailler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écraser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marpailler · marpailler · French
marpailler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | marpailler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \maʁ.pa.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marpailler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marpailler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \maʁ.pa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marpailler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is marpailler, spelled M-A-R-P-A-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Écraser.
- 2Abîmer ou salir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marpailler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allez, chenapans ! n'avez-vous pas assez de place, assez d'allées, assez d'arbres ? N'avez-vous pas assez de fleurs à marpailler ?
Je vais te marpailler le portrait, et te mettre une branlée, à te faire petafiner.
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.