Sainte-Marie
\ma.ʁi.sɛ̃t\
The verdict
“Sainte-Marie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sainte-Marie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʁi.sɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sainte-Marie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sainte-Marie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ʁi.sɛ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sainte-Marie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 Sainte-Marie, spelled S-A-I-N-T-E---M-A-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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.
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Using “Sainte-Marie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-I-N-T-E---M-A-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.ʁi.sɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.