Marseillan
The verdict
“Marseillan” is uncommon French (frequency #77,692 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,692
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-marseillan · Marseillan · French
Marseillan · rank #77,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,692
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marial
Nearest frequency peer: marial (-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 « Marseillan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- malwares
malwares
22,313 corpus weight
- maquettiste
maquettiste
22,312 corpus weight
- Margueritte
Margueritte
22,311 corpus weight
- marial
marial
22,310 corpus weight
- Marseillan
Marseillan
22,309 corpus weight
- materia
materia
22,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Marseillan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marseillan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Marseillan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Marseillan is uncommon French at frequency #77,692 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Marseillan in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Marseillan, spelled M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Gers.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault.
- 3Commune française, située dans le département des Hautes-Pyrénées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Marseillan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’après-midi, le groupe est allé faire une croisière sur le canal du Midi entre le Grau d’Agde et Marseillan.
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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