Which to use
“mare” and “marque” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,015
- “mare” frequency rank
- #47,747
- “marque” frequency rank
- 60762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mare | marque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An adult female horse. | A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car. |
Where the eye mixes mare and marque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mare and marque
A purely visual mix-up. mare (/mɛə/) and marque (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mare is recorded at frequency rank #13,015, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɛə/. marque is at rank #47,747, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60762, this pair ranks #98,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mare vs marque
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "mare": -. Private to "marque": qu.
"mare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "marque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mare" for "marque" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mare" or "marque"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mare" and "marque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mare" and "marque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marne vs marque". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #98,222 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.