marques

\maʁk\

/\maʁk\/ noun

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The verdict

“marques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,838
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de marque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-marques · marques · French

marques · rank #2,838 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,838
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manifestations

Nearest frequency peer: manifestations (-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 « marques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « marques » 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).

marques vs masque
71% similar
marques vs moqués
57% similar
marques vs marquis
86% similar

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

Key facts for marques
PropertyValue
Headwordmarques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,838
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « marques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.marquesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manifestations » (#2,837), « moral » (#2,839), « manifestation » (#2,836). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « marques » est au #2,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around marques (IPA \maʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,838 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de marque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for marques, with forms such as "amrques", "maqrues", and "marqeus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "masque", "moqués", "marquis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is marques, spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de marque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les marques postales nécessaires aux notations des employés des Postes furent d’abord manuscrites sur les lettres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrques
  • maqrues
  • marqeus
  • marqques
  • marquess
  • marquse
  • marrques
  • maruqes
  • mmarques
  • mraques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amrques2maqrues2marqeus2marqques1marquess1marquse2marrques1maruqes2
Edit distance from "marques"

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 "marques"?
"marques" is spelled M-A-R-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁk\.
What does "marques" mean?
As a noun, "marques" means: Pluriel de marque.
What words are commonly confused with "marques"?
"marques" is commonly confused with "masque", "moqués", "marquis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marques" is \maʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marques" come from?
"marques" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list