marry
\ˈmæɹ.i\
The verdict
“marry” is uncommon French (frequency #58,083 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,083
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se marier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marry · marry · French
marry · rank #58,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,083
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH matérialisati…
Nearest frequency peer: matérialisation (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « marry »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marchetti
Marchetti
41,921 corpus weight
- Marilou
Marilou
41,920 corpus weight
- marry
marry
41,918 corpus weight
- matérialisa…
matérialisation
41,917 corpus weight
- Meer
Meer
41,916 corpus weight
- melrose
melrose
41,915 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « marry » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marry |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈmæɹ.i\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « marry » en français
Rare enough to double-check
marry is uncommon French at frequency #58,083 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈmæɹ.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for marry in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marry, spelled M-A-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Se marier.
- 2Épouser.
- 3Marier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how marry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I knew from the first day that I met him that I was going to marry him
When will the priest marry the couple?
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.
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