März

\mɛʁts\

/\mɛʁts\/ noun

The verdict

“März” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le mois de mars.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marz · März · French

März · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for März
PropertyValue
HeadwordMärz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʁts\
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « März » en français

Märzreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

März is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʁts\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le mois de mars.".

No misspelling variants are generated for März in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is März, spelled M-Ä-R-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le mois de mars.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eduard ist zehn Jahre alt, als Stalin am 5. März 1953 stirbt. Seine Eltern und die Menschen ihrer Generation haben ihr ganzes Leben in seinem Schatten verbracht. Auf alle Fragen, die sie sich stellten, hatte er eine lakonische, barsche Antwort, die keinem Zweifel Raum ließ.
  2. Seit Mitte März wird Benzin immer teurer. 1,83 Euro kostete der Liter Super E10 nach ADAC-Angaben Anfang der Woche im bundesweiten Mittel.

Synonyms

DritteLenzingFrühlingsmonat

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "März"?
"März" is spelled M-Ä-R-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʁts\.
What does "März" mean?
As a noun, "März" means: Le mois de mars.
How do you pronounce "März"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "März" is \mɛʁts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "März" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list