marsouin

Name: marsouin, French Word Data
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\maʁ.swɛ̃\

/\maʁ.swɛ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“marsouin” is an uncommon French word, ranked #75,890 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#75,890
frequency rank, French: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit cétacé à dents, au rostre court et aux dents pointues et courbées, plutôt noirs sur la face dorsale, et blancs sur la face ventrale.

Key facts for marsouin
Property	Value
Headword	marsouin
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\maʁ.swɛ̃\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#75,890
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “marsouin” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). marsouin lands here:

#75,890

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marsouin is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁ.swɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #75,890 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for marsouin in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marsouin, spelled M-A-R-S-O-U-I-N.

Definition

1
Petit cétacé à dents, au rostre court et aux dents pointues et courbées, plutôt noirs sur la face dorsale, et blancs sur la face ventrale.
2
Soldat de l’infanterie coloniale, puis membre des troupes de marine (infanterie de marine).

Synonyms

cochon de mertigre bleu

This word in other languages

porpoise(English)marsopa(Español)Schweinswal(Deutsch)

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 "marsouin"?

"marsouin" is spelled M-A-R-S-O-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.swɛ̃\.

What does "marsouin" mean?

As a noun, "marsouin" means: Petit cétacé à dents, au rostre court et aux dents pointues et courbées, plutôt noirs sur la face dorsale, et blancs sur la face ventrale.

How do you pronounce "marsouin"?

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

What language does "marsouin" come from?

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Using “marsouin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-S-O-U-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \maʁ.swɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.