martyre

\maʁ.tiʁ\

/\maʁ.tiʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“martyre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,182. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,182
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort ou tourments endurés pour sa religion, sa foi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-martyre · martyre · French

martyre · rank #15,182 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,182
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marchera

Nearest frequency peer: marchera (-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 « martyre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « martyre » 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).

martyre vs mature
71% similar
martyre vs maryse
71% similar
martyre vs martyrs
86% similar

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

Key facts for martyre
PropertyValue
Headwordmartyre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.tiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,182
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « martyre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).martyrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marchera » (#15,181), « massives » (#15,183), « manège » (#15,180). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « martyre » est au #15,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around martyre (IPA \maʁ.tiʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,182 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for martyre, with forms such as "amrtyre", "marrtyre", and "martrye". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mature", "maryse", "martyrs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is martyre, spelled M-A-R-T-Y-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mort ou tourments endurés pour sa religion, sa foi.
  2. 2
    Tortures endurées par les victimes de tortionnaires.
  3. 3
    Toute sorte de peines ou de douleurs de corps et d’esprit.
  4. 4
    Peine d’amour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ambition de gagner le martyre avait engagé le prêtre à se mettre de notre voyage.
  2. Il faut songer qu’à cette époque il y avait en Afrique un assez grand nombre de montanistes qui exaltaient beaucoup la gloire du martyre et n’admettaient point que l’on eût le droit de fuir la persécution.

This word in other languages

martyrdom(English)martirio(Español)Marter(Deutsch)martírio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrtyre
  • marrtyre
  • martrye
  • marttyre
  • martyer
  • martyrre
  • martyyre
  • marytre
  • matryre
  • mmartyre
  • mratyre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of martyre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amrtyre2marrtyre1martrye2marttyre1martyer2martyrre1martyyre1marytre2
Edit distance from "martyre"

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 "martyre"?
"martyre" is spelled M-A-R-T-Y-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "martyre" mean?
As a noun, "martyre" means: Mort ou tourments endurés pour sa religion, sa foi.
What words are commonly confused with "martyre"?
"martyre" is commonly confused with "mature", "maryse", "martyrs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "martyre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "martyre" is \maʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "martyre" come from?
"martyre" 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 "martyre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minimal#15,186lançant#15,176mistral#15,188négocié#15,198

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

matinale11 variantsmobilisé11 variantsnordique11 variantsoubliant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list