# marque

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɑː(ɹ)k/ · frequency rank #47,747

## Definitions
1. A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.
2. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals or privateering; the document recording this license.
3. A ship commissioned for making captures.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.

## Easily confused with
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-maru)
- **mosque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-mosque)
- **morgue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-morgue)
- **masque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-masque)
- **marquis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-marquis)
- **marquee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-marquee)
- **marquess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-marquess)
- **marquise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marque-vs-marquise)
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mare-vs-marque)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marie-vs-marque)
- **marge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marge-vs-marque)
- **Marne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marne-vs-marque)
- **marine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marine-vs-marque)
- **Marcus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marcus-vs-marque)
- **marble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marble-vs-marque)
- **Markus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/markus-vs-marque)
- **Marius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marius-vs-marque)
- **markup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/markup-vs-marque)
- **Marnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marnie-vs-marque)
- **Marple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marple-vs-marque)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amrque`, `maqrue`, `marqeu`, `marqque`, `marrque`, `maruqe`, `mmarque`, `mraque`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marque