marque de fabrique

\maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\

/\maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“marque de fabrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signe apposé sur un objet et qui indique de quelle usine il sort.

Key facts for marque de fabrique
PropertyValue
Headwordmarque de fabrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “marque de fabrique” sits in French frequency

marque de fabrique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marque de fabrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

marque de fabrique has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marque de fabrique, spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E- -D-E- -F-A-B-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signe apposé sur un objet et qui indique de quelle usine il sort.
  2. 2
    Signe distinctif de la manière de faire d’une certaine personne.

This word in other languages

hallmark(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marque de fabrique"?
"marque de fabrique" is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E- -D-E- -F-A-B-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\.
What does "marque de fabrique" mean?
As a noun, "marque de fabrique" means: Signe apposé sur un objet et qui indique de quelle usine il sort.
How do you pronounce "marque de fabrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marque de fabrique" is \maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marque de fabrique" come from?
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Using “marque de fabrique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-Q-U-E- -D-E- -F-A-B-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \maʁ.kə də fa.bʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list