marsh

/mɑɹʃ/

//mɑɹʃ// noun

The verdict

“marsh” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #25,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,040
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - brejo

Corpus desk

Index PT-marsh · marsh · Portuguese

marsh · rank #25,040 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,040
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mann

Nearest frequency peer: Mann (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “marsh”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “marsh” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

marsh vs mas
60% similar
marsh vs math
60% similar
marsh vs mask
60% similar

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

Key facts for marsh
PropertyValue
Headwordmarsh
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɑɹʃ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,040
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “marsh”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).marshcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Mann” (#25,039), “mataria” (#25,042), “merenda” (#25,048). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marsh” fica em #25,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around marsh (IPA /mɑɹʃ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,040 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for marsh, with forms such as "amrsh", "marhs", and "marrsh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mas", "math", "mask", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is marsh, spelled M-A-R-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    brejo
  2. 2
    paul
  3. 3
    pântano
  4. 4
    charco

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrsh
  • marhs
  • marrsh
  • marshh
  • marssh
  • masrh
  • mmarsh
  • mrash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrsh2marhs2marrsh1marshh1marssh1masrh2mmarsh1mrash2
Edit distance from "marsh"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marsh"?
"marsh" is spelled M-A-R-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is /mɑɹʃ/.
What does "marsh" mean?
As a noun, "marsh" means: brejo
What words are commonly confused with "marsh"?
"marsh" is commonly confused with "mas", "math", "mask". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marsh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marsh" is /mɑɹʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marsh" come from?
"marsh" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list