Marsupilami
\maʁ.sy.pi.la.mi\
The verdict
“Marsupilami” is uncommon French (frequency #56,100 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,100
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Animal imaginaire jaune à points noirs ayant une longue queue préhensile créé par André Franquin en 1952.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marsupilami |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \maʁ.sy.pi.la.mi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marsupilami” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Marsupilami is uncommon French at frequency #56,100 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \maʁ.sy.pi.la.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal imaginaire jaune à points noirs ayant une longue queue préhensile créé par André Franquin en 1952.".
Marsupilami has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Marsupilami, spelled M-A-R-S-U-P-I-L-A-M-I.
Definition
- 1Animal imaginaire jaune à points noirs ayant une longue queue préhensile créé par André Franquin en 1952.
Antonyms
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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Using “Marsupilami”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-S-U-P-I-L-A-M-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \maʁ.sy.pi.la.mi\ (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.