martyr

\maʁ.tiʁ\

/\maʁ.tiʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“martyr” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,419
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se laisse tuer (et souvent torturer) pour porter témoignage d'une foi chrétienne inébranlable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-martyr · martyr · French

martyr · rank #12,419 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,419
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marquées

Nearest frequency peer: marquées (-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 « martyr »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « martyr » 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).

martyr vs Mary
50% similar
martyr vs mater
67% similar
martyr vs master
67% similar

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

Key facts for martyr
PropertyValue
Headwordmartyr
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.tiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,419
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « martyr »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).martyrse 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 « marquées » (#12,418), « matérielle » (#12,420), « marquent » (#12,417). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « martyr » est au #12,419. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around martyr (IPA \maʁ.tiʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,419 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for martyr, with forms such as "amrtyr", "marrtyr", and "martry". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Mary", "mater", "master", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is martyr, spelled M-A-R-T-Y-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui se laisse tuer (et souvent torturer) pour porter témoignage d'une foi chrétienne inébranlable.
  2. 2
    Personne qui est tuée ou torturée à cause de son appartenance à une religion ou de son adhésion à une doctrine qu'elle ne veut pas renier.
  3. 3
    Personne ayant involontairement subi un sort tragique dû à la méchanceté d'autres hommes.
  4. 4
    Personne subissant une situation présentée comme insupportable.
  5. 5
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  6. 6
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  7. 7
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  8. 8
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  9. 9
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  10. 10
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.
  11. 11
    Morceau de matériau destiné à être usé ou abîmé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les saints martyrs canadiens.
  2. Or, ce qui fait le martyr, ce n'est pas sa mort, mais la cause pour laquelle il offre sa vie, le sens qu'il donne à son supplice.

Synonyms

souffre-douleurbouc émissairecoin

Antonyms

bourreaubourreaubourreau

This word in other languages

martyr(English)mártir(Español)Märtyrer(Deutsch)mártir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrtyr
  • marrtyr
  • martry
  • marttyr
  • martyrr
  • martyyr
  • marytr
  • matryr
  • mmartyr
  • mratyr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of martyr - 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.

amrtyr2marrtyr1martry2marttyr1martyrr1martyyr1marytr2matryr2
Edit distance from "martyr"

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 "martyr"?
"martyr" is spelled M-A-R-T-Y-R. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "martyr" mean?
As a noun, "martyr" means: Personne qui se laisse tuer (et souvent torturer) pour porter témoignage d'une foi chrétienne inébranlable.
What words are commonly confused with "martyr"?
"martyr" is commonly confused with "Mary", "mater", "master". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "martyr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "martyr" is \maʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "martyr" come from?
"martyr" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mutuel#12,427plaira#12,444plâtre#12,445posant#12,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

lauréat10 variantsobésité10 variantsjustine10 variantsoffertes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list