Marseillaise

\maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\

/\maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\/ noun

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The verdict

“Marseillaise” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,993
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitante de Marseille, commune française située dans les Bouches-du-Rhône.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marseillaise · Marseillaise · French

Marseillaise · rank #11,993 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,993
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mare

Nearest frequency peer: mare (-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 « Marseillaise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Marseillaise » 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).

Marseillaise vs marseillais
83% similar

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

Key facts for Marseillaise
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarseillaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,993
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Marseillaise »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mare » (#11,992), « math » (#11,994), « lentilles » (#11,991). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Marseillaise » est au #11,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Marseillaise (IPA \maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,993 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marseillaise, with forms such as "amrseillaise", "maresillaise", and "marrseillaise". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "marseillais", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Marseillaise, spelled M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitante de Marseille, commune française située dans les Bouches-du-Rhône.
  2. 2
    Habitante de Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, commune située dans le département de l’Oise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A Paris, l'on rencontre en général moins de beautés que de grâces dans la démarche et toutes les manières. Les Marseillaises et la plupart des Languedociennes ont aussi moins de gorge que les Normandes, les Belges, les Suissesses.
  2. Les Marseillaises sont aussi coquettes que belles et amies des plaisirs . Dans leur ajustement elles montrent plus de luxe que de bon goût .

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrseillaise
  • maresillaise
  • marrseillaise
  • marseilaise
  • marseilalise
  • marseillaies
  • marseillaisse
  • marseillasie
  • marseilliase
  • marselilaise
  • marsiellaise
  • marsseillaise
  • masreillaise
  • mmarseillaise
  • mraseillaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrseillaise2maresillaise2marrseillaise1marseilaise1marseilalise2marseillaies2marseillaisse1marseillasie2
Edit distance from "Marseillaise"

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 "Marseillaise"?
"Marseillaise" is spelled M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\.
What does "Marseillaise" mean?
As a noun, "Marseillaise" means: Habitante de Marseille, commune française située dans les Bouches-du-Rhône.
What words are commonly confused with "Marseillaise"?
"Marseillaise" is commonly confused with "marseillais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marseillaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marseillaise" is \maʁ.sɛ.jɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marseillaise" come from?
"Marseillaise" 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 "Marseillaise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list