marrainer
\ma.ʁe.ne\
The verdict
“marrainer” 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) - Parrainer (en tant que marraine).
Corpus desk
Index FR-marrainer · marrainer · French
marrainer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | marrainer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.ʁe.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marrainer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marrainer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.ʁe.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parrainer (en tant que marraine).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for marrainer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is marrainer, spelled M-A-R-R-A-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Parrainer (en tant que marraine).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marrainer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec @FlesselLaura nous lançons #SportFemininToujours Cette opération du @gouvernementFR marrainée par la championne @PineauAllison vise notamment à accroître et valoriser les femmes dans le sport, avec le @csaudiovisuel
This word in other languages
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.