marrer

\ma.ʁe\

/\ma.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“marrer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,677
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Labourer la terre avec une marre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marrer · marrer · French

marrer · rank #15,677 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,677
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marionnettes

Nearest frequency peer: marionnettes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « marrer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « marrer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marrer vs mater
67% similar
marrer vs Mayer
50% similar
marrer vs maure
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for marrer
PropertyValue
Headwordmarrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ma.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,677
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marrer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marrerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marionnettes » (#15,676), « Martha » (#15,678), « mangas » (#15,675). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marrer » est au #15,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around marrer (IPA \ma.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,677 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Labourer la terre avec une marre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for marrer, with forms such as "amrrer", "marer", and "marerr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mater", "Mayer", "maure", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 marrer, spelled M-A-R-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Labourer la terre avec une marre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Planter les margoutes et les crossettes, les provigner, tailler, marrer, et autrement traiter sa vigne, selon son merite et proprieté du climat.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrrer
  • marer
  • marerr
  • marrerr
  • marrre
  • mmarrer
  • mrarer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marrer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrrer2marer1marerr2marrerr1marrre2mmarrer1mrarer2
Edit distance from "marrer"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marrer"?
"marrer" is spelled M-A-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁe\.
What does "marrer" mean?
As a verb, "marrer" means: Labourer la terre avec une marre.
What words are commonly confused with "marrer"?
"marrer" is commonly confused with "mater", "Mayer", "maure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marrer" is \ma.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marrer" come from?
"marrer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Martha#15,678maçons#15,679mangas#15,675mènera#15,688

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

loyal7 variantskurde7 variantsjurer7 variantsNadal7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list