marquants

\maʁ.kɑ̃\

/\maʁ.kɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“marquants” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,068
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de marquant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marquants · marquants · French

marquants · rank #19,068 · 14 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,068
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH massacrés

Nearest frequency peer: massacrés (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « marquants »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « marquants » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

marquants vs marquent
78% similar
marquants vs marrants
78% similar
marquants vs masquant
78% similar

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

Key facts for marquants
PropertyValue
Headwordmarquants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\maʁ.kɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,068
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marquants »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).marquantsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « massacrés » (#19,069), « mangeait » (#19,066), « maternelles » (#19,070). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marquants » est au #19,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around marquants (IPA \maʁ.kɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,068 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de marquant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for marquants, with forms such as "amrquants", "maqruants", and "marqaunts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "marquent", "marrants", "masquant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is marquants, spelled M-A-R-Q-U-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de marquant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marquants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Contrairement aux idées reçues, ce ne sont pas les profs « cools » qui sont les plus marquants : « les élèves apprécient les enseignants exigeants, mais qui reconnaissent aussi les efforts », indique Pascal Hostachy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrquants
  • maqruants
  • marqaunts
  • marqquants
  • marquannts
  • marquanst
  • marquantss
  • marquantts
  • marquatns
  • marqunats
  • marrquants
  • maruqants
  • mmarquants
  • mraquants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marquants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amrquants2maqruants2marqaunts2marqquants1marquannts1marquanst2marquantss1marquantts1
Edit distance from "marquants"

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 "marquants"?
"marquants" is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.kɑ̃\.
What does "marquants" mean?
As an adjective, "marquants" means: Masculin pluriel de marquant.
What words are commonly confused with "marquants"?
"marquants" is commonly confused with "marquent", "marrants", "masquant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marquants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marquants" is \maʁ.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marquants" come from?
"marquants" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marquants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list