Marx

/\maʁks\/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,126

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Marx is aFrenchname. It means: Nom de famille, surtout connu via Karl Marx. Pronounced \maʁks\. It ranks #8,126 in French word frequency. Often confused with MR and Mx.

Key facts for Marx
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarx
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\maʁks\
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,126
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Marx in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Marx is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁks\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,126 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Marx, with forms such as "amrx", "marrx", and "marxx". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "Mx", "mer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Marx, spelled M-A-R-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout connu via Karl Marx.
  2. 2
    Karl Marx, philosophe, économiste, historien, sociologue, journaliste et communiste prussien.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrx,marrx,marxx,maxr,mmarx,mrax

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Marx

Misspelling Variants of "Marx"

amrx4marrx5marxx5maxr4mmarx5mrax4
Misspelling Variants of "Marx"

Frequency rank: #8,126 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Marx"?
"Marx" is spelled M-A-R-X. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁks\.
What does "Marx" mean?
As a name, "Marx" means: Nom de famille, surtout connu via Karl Marx.
What words are commonly confused with "Marx"?
"Marx" is commonly confused with "MR", "Mx", "mer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marx"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marx" is \maʁks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marx" come from?
"Marx" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.