marquer

/\maʁ.ke\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,778

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque. Pronounced \maʁ.ke\. It ranks #3,778 in French word frequency. Often confused with masque and moquer.

Key facts for marquer
PropertyValue
Headwordmarquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\maʁ.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,778
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for marquer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \maʁ.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,778 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for marquer, with forms such as "amrquer", "maqruer", and "marqeur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "masque", "moquer", "marrer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is marquer, spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque.
  2. 2
    Imprimer, avec un fer chaud, un signe flétrissant sur l’épaule de l’homme qui est condamné à cette peine.
  3. 3
    Faire une marque, une impression sur quelque partie du corps, par contusion, blessure, brûlure, etc.
  4. 4
    Garder une trace, une empreinte des contacts reçus.
  5. 5
    Dénoter, indiquer ou signaler en laissant des traces.
  6. 6
    Indiquer ; montrer.
  7. 7
    Mettre une marque pour se souvenir ou faire souvenir.
  8. 8
    Avoir sur l'adversaire l’avantage d’un nombre quelconque de points, d’après le calcul des points obtenus de part et d’autre dans les deux coups qui font le pari.
  9. 9
    Mander, indiquer, faire connaître, soit oralement, soit par écrit.
  10. 10
    Inscrire, écrire.
  11. 11
    Établir ou améliorer un score.
  12. 12
    Indiquer l'heure en parlant d'un cadran solaire.
  13. 13
    Être remarqué.
  14. 14
    Indiquer l’intention qu’il faudrait cacher.
  15. 15
    Se faire remarquer
  16. 16
    Attirer l’attention.
  17. 17
    Faire une impression bonne, mais surtout mauvaise.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrquer,maqruer,marqeur,marqquer,marquerr,marqure,marrquer,maruqer,mmarquer,mraquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marquer

Misspelling Variants of "marquer"

amrquer7maqruer7marqeur7marqquer8marquerr8marqure7marrquer8maruqer7
Misspelling Variants of "marquer"

Frequency rank: #3,778 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marquer"?
"marquer" is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁ.ke\.
What does "marquer" mean?
As a verb, "marquer" means: Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque.
What words are commonly confused with "marquer"?
"marquer" is commonly confused with "masque", "moquer", "marrer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marquer" is \maʁ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marquer" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.