Which to use
“Marques” and “Márquez” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,486
- “Marques” frequency rank
- #6,800
- “Márquez” frequency rank
- 26286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Marques | Márquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apellido. | Apellido. |
Same sound, different letters: Marques vs Márquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - Marques and Márquez
This is the hard kind. Marques and Márquez are pronounced identically ([ˈmaɾkes]) and both work as aname. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Marques is recorded at frequency rank #19,486, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈmaɾkes]. Márquez is at rank #6,800, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈmaɾkes].
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 26286, this pair ranks #232,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Marques vs Márquez
Shared letters: emqru. Private to "Marques": as. Private to "Márquez": zá.
"Marques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "Márquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Marques ← amrques · maqrues · marqeus · marqques · marquess · marquse · marrques · maruqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Marques" and "Márquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Marques" vs "Márquez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "Marques" / "Márquez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "Marques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Márquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Marques" and "Márquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marques vs marqueses". 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 #232,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.