marché

\maʁ.ʃe\

/\maʁ.ʃe\/ noun

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The verdict

“marché” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #492 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#492
frequency rank, French
6
letters
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu public où s’achètent et se vendent les denrées, les marchandises, les objets d’usage courant. → voir marché-gare et place du marché

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marché vs mare
50% similar
marché vs match
67% similar
marché vs marge
50% similar

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

Key facts for marché
PropertyValue
Headwordmarché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁ.ʃe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#492
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “marché” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). marché lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marché is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁ.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #492 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for marché, with forms such as "amrché", "macrhé", and "marcché". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mare", "match", "marge", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is marché, spelled M-A-R-C-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu public où s’achètent et se vendent les denrées, les marchandises, les objets d’usage courant. → voir marché-gare et place du marché
  2. 2
    Place où l’on vend des marchandises particulières. → voir marché d’esclaves, marché aux fleurs, marché aux épices, marché aux poissons et marché aux puces
  3. 3
    Ville, pays où l’activité commerciale est importante.
  4. 4
    Bâtiment abritant les emplacements dédiés. → voir marché couvert, supermarché et hypermarché
  5. 5
    Lieu d’échange social. → voir économie de marché
  6. 6
    Ce qu’on y achète. → voir faire son marché
  7. 7
    Transaction entre un vendeur et un acheteur. → voir faire un marché et à bon marché
  8. 8
    Espace où se font ces transactions. → voir marché immobilier, marché financier, marché d’actions, marché de gros, marché de détail, marché de l’emploi et …
  9. 9
    Valeur de référence pour une transaction. → voir cours du marché et marché conclu
  10. 10
    Lieu où l’on fixe ces valeurs.
  11. 11
    Tendance pour l’évolution de cette valeur. → voir marché baissier et marché haussier
  12. 12
    Espace où on applique cette valeur.
  13. 13
    État de l’offre et de la demande. → voir marché du travail
  14. 14
    Convention verbale ou écrite, renfermant les conditions d’une vente ou d’un échange. → voir faire un marché, marché commun et …
  15. 15
    Accord réglementant l’accès à un type de vente. → voir marché de l’or, marché public et autorisation de mise sur le marché
  16. 16
    Réunion des industriels, producteurs, marchands, spéculateurs où se décident les prix d’un produit ou d’une denrée, où s’en établit le cours.

Synonyms

échangeinstrumentumlot juridiquetransaction

This word in other languages

market(English)mercado(Español)Markt(Deutsch)mercado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrché,macrhé,marcché,marche,marchhé,marcéh,marhcé,marrché,mmarché,mraché

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrché2macrhé2marcché1marche1marchhé1marcéh2marhcé2marrché1
Edit distance from "marché"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marché"?
"marché" is spelled M-A-R-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ʃe\.
What does "marché" mean?
As a noun, "marché" means: Lieu public où s’achètent et se vendent les denrées, les marchandises, les objets d’usage courant. → voir marché-gare et place du marché
What words are commonly confused with "marché"?
"marché" is commonly confused with "mare", "match", "marge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marché" is \maʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marché" come from?
"marché" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “marché”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-R-C-H-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \maʁ.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “mare” - see the side-by-side comparison. marché vs mare
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list