Which to use
“marque” and “morgue” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,747
- “marque” frequency rank
- #26,174
- “morgue” frequency rank
- 73921
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marque | morgue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car. | A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. |
Where the eye mixes marque and morgue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marque and morgue follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marque and morgue
A purely visual mix-up. marque (/ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/) and morgue (/mɔːɡ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73921, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marque is recorded at frequency rank #47,747, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/. morgue is at rank #26,174, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɔːɡ/.
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 73921, this pair ranks #38,003 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marque vs morgue
Shared letters: emru. Private to "marque": aq. Private to "morgue": go.
"marque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "morgue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marque" for "morgue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marque" vs "morgue" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "marque" and "morgue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morgue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,003 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marque" and "morgue" 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 #38,003 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.