remarque

\ʁə.maʁk\

/\ʁə.maʁk\/ noun

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The verdict

“remarque” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,383
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de remarquer ou d’observer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-remarque · remarque · French

remarque · rank #2,383 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,383
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH règlement

Nearest frequency peer: règlement (+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 « remarque »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « remarque » 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).

remarque vs remorque
88% similar
remarque vs rétorqué
50% similar
remarque vs remarquer
89% similar

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

Key facts for remarque
PropertyValue
Headwordremarque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.maʁk\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,383
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « remarque »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).remarquese 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 « règlement » (#2,384), « présents » (#2,381), « sacré » (#2,385). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « remarque » est au #2,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around remarque (IPA \ʁə.maʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,383 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for remarque, with forms such as "ermarque", "reamrque", and "remaqrue". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "remorque", "rétorqué", "remarquer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is remarque, spelled R-E-M-A-R-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de remarquer ou d’observer.
  2. 2
    Observation.
  3. 3
    Observation écrite ; note.
  4. 4
    Croquis ou signe quelconque que les aquafortistes jettent en marge de leurs planches.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est de remarque que l’on enlève la couverture du cheval trop court, trop ramassé, tandis qu’on la laisse pliée en quatre s’il est trop long de reins.
  2. Remarque utile, judicieuse, importante, désobligeante.

This word in other languages

remark(English)advertencia(Español)Bemerkung(Deutsch)nota(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ermarque
  • reamrque
  • remaqrue
  • remarqeu
  • remarqque
  • remarrque
  • remaruqe
  • remmarque
  • remraque
  • rmearque
  • rremarque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ermarque2reamrque2remaqrue2remarqeu2remarqque1remarrque1remaruqe2remmarque1
Edit distance from "remarque"

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 "remarque"?
"remarque" is spelled R-E-M-A-R-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.maʁk\.
What does "remarque" mean?
As a noun, "remarque" means: Action de remarquer ou d’observer.
What words are commonly confused with "remarque"?
"remarque" is commonly confused with "remorque", "rétorqué", "remarquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remarque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remarque" is \ʁə.maʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remarque" come from?
"remarque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

présents#2,381policier#2,377spéciale#2,390méthodes#2,372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Patrick11 variantsempereur11 variantsdéteste11 variantsdomaines11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list