mars

Name: mars, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\maʁs\

/\maʁs\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mars” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#426
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mars · mars · French

mars · rank #426 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #426
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH manière

Nearest frequency peer: manière (-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.

but

99,578
cinq

99,577
manière

99,576
mars

99,575
Pierre

99,574
Québec

99,573

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

mars vs MR

0% similar

mars vs ms

50% similar

mars vs mes

50% similar

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

Key facts for mars
Property	Value
Headword	mars
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\maʁs\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#426
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mars »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marsse place ici:

#426

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manière » (#425), « Pierre » (#427), « cinq » (#424). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mars » est au #426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mars (IPA \maʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #426 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mars, with forms such as "amrs", "marrs", and "marss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "ms", "mes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mars, spelled M-A-R-S.

Definition

1
Troisième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.
2
La guerre.
3
Nom collectif dans lequel on rangeait toutes les cultures secondaires semées au printemps, comme l’avoine, l’orge, la vesce, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Du sang va couler à Hildesheim, alors que de mémoire d'homme n'y ont coulé que la bière de mars et le vin d'octobre.
Fin février est très beau et le 2 mars nous quittons le cantonnement de Marquigny.

This word in other languages

March(English)marzo(Español)März(Deutsch)março(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amrs
marrs
marss
masr
mmars
mras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mars - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "mars"

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 "mars"?

"mars" is spelled M-A-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁs\.

What does "mars" mean?

As a noun, "mars" means: Troisième mois de l’année du calendrier grégorien, qui compte 31 jours.

What words are commonly confused with "mars"?

"mars" is commonly confused with "MR", "ms", "mes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mars"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mars" is \maʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mars" come from?

"mars" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cinq#424 truc#431 agit#432 nord#412

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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