marrons

\ma.ʁɔ̃\

/\ma.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“marrons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,495
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de marron (couleur, fruit).

Corpus desk

Index FR-marrons · marrons · French

marrons · rank #20,495 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,495
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marginale

Nearest frequency peer: marginale (-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 « marrons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marrons » 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).

marrons vs martins
71% similar
marrons vs Martens
57% similar
marrons vs mormons
71% similar

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

Key facts for marrons
PropertyValue
Headwordmarrons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʁɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,495
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marrons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marronsse 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 « marginale » (#20,494), « matraque » (#20,496), « manuellement » (#20,493). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marrons » est au #20,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around marrons (IPA \ma.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,495 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de marron (couleur, fruit).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for marrons, with forms such as "amrrons", "marons", and "marorns". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "martins", "Martens", "mormons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 marrons, spelled M-A-R-R-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de marron (couleur, fruit).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, on appelait « diable » une poêle en terre cuite où l’on faisait « grâler » les marrons et les pommes de terre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrrons
  • marons
  • marorns
  • marrnos
  • marronns
  • marronss
  • marrosn
  • mmarrons
  • mrarons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marrons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrrons2marons1marorns2marrnos2marronns1marronss1marrosn2mmarrons1
Edit distance from "marrons"

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 "marrons"?
"marrons" is spelled M-A-R-R-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "marrons" mean?
As a noun, "marrons" means: Pluriel de marron (couleur, fruit).
What words are commonly confused with "marrons"?
"marrons" is commonly confused with "martins", "Martens", "mormons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marrons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marrons" is \ma.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marrons" come from?
"marrons" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

McLaren#20,499maestro#20,490moisson#20,504latines#20,481

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mirent9 variantsnégoce9 variantsintrus9 variantsingrat9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list