Which to use
“démarque” is a noun and “démarquent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,605
- “démarque” frequency rank
- #46,129
- “démarquent” frequency rank
- 67734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | démarque | démarquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chef de dème, tribun de la plèbe. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe démarquer. |
Same sound, different letters: démarque vs démarquent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. démarque runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against démarquent's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - démarque and démarquent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: démarque and démarquent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.maʁk\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “démarque” sits inside “démarquent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
démarque is recorded at frequency rank #21,605, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.maʁk\. démarquent is at rank #46,129, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.maʁk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67734, this pair ranks #62,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of démarque vs démarquent
Shared letters: ademqrué. Private to "démarque": -. Private to "démarquent": nt.
"démarque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "démarquent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "démarque" and "démarquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "démarque" or "démarquent" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "démarque" / "démarquent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "démarque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "démarquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "démarque" and "démarquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débarquant vs démarquent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.