marron

/\ma.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,510

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marron is aFrenchnoun. It means: Fruit rond comestible de certaines variétés de châtaigniers, plus gros qu’une châtaigne ordinaire, de couleur brune. Pronounced \ma.ʁɔ̃\. It ranks #9,510 in French word frequency. Often confused with mason and Mauro.

Key facts for marron
PropertyValue
Headwordmarron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,510
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marron in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marron is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ʁɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,510 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for marron, with forms such as "amrron", "maron", and "marorn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mason", "Mauro", "miron", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is marron, spelled M-A-R-R-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit rond comestible de certaines variétés de châtaigniers, plus gros qu’une châtaigne ordinaire, de couleur brune.
  2. 2
    Brun, couleur du fruit mûr. #a04000 #602000 #402000 Voir la note sur les accords grammaticaux des noms de couleurs employés comme noms ou adjectifs.
  3. 3
    Coup de poing, châtaigne, gnon.
  4. 4
    Marron d’Inde, graine non comestible du marronnier d’Inde.
  5. 5
    Feu d’artifice ou pétard provoquant beaucoup de bruit et un flash lumineux lors de l’explosion, généralement utilisé au cours d’un spectacle.
  6. 6
    Jeton servant à contrôler la présence d’une personne à son poste. Notamment en usage dans les mines, les casiers où ils se rangeaient se nommaient marronniers.
  7. 7
    Grumeau de farine se formant dans la pâte à pain lors du pétrissage.
  8. 8
    Peloton coagulé dans une table de plomb mal fondue.
  9. 9
    Noyau non calciné d’une pierre passée au four à chaux.
  10. 10
    Partie très dure incluse dans le marbre et nuisant à son polissage.
  11. 11
    Grumeau dans le plâtre.
  12. 12
    Grosse boucle de cheveux ronde et nouée avec un ruban.
  13. 13
    Petit poisson méditerranéen de la famille des pomacentridés, aplati latéralement (Chromis chromis).
  14. 14
    Copie intermédiaire d’un film en noir et blanc, obtenu à partir d’un négatif, et permettant de travailler sur une copie sans abîmer l’original.
  15. 15
    Lettres et chiffres découpés en à jour dans une feuille de métal, destiné à être utilisé en tant que pochoir.
  16. 16
    Bagarre, baston, rixe.
  17. 17
    Testicule, couille.
  18. 18
    Beignet à base de farine de manioc ou de maïs.
  19. 19
    Dans le calendrier républicain, nom du 29ᵉ jour du mois de fructidor.
  20. 20
    Balle d’arme à feu.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrron,maron,marorn,marrno,marronn,mmarron,mraron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marron

Misspelling Variants of "marron"

amrron6maron5marorn6marrno6marronn7mmarron7mraron6
Misspelling Variants of "marron"

Frequency rank: #9,510 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marron"?
"marron" is spelled M-A-R-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "marron" mean?
As a noun, "marron" means: Fruit rond comestible de certaines variétés de châtaigniers, plus gros qu’une châtaigne ordinaire, de couleur brune.
What words are commonly confused with "marron"?
"marron" is commonly confused with "mason", "Mauro", "miron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marron" is \ma.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marron" come from?
"marron" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.