Which to use
“mâcher” and “marchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,876
- “mâcher” frequency rank
- #29,037
- “marchez” frequency rank
- 58913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mâcher | marchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Broyer un aliment ou un objet à l’aide des dents et de la mâchoire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher. |
Where the eye mixes mâcher and marchez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mâcher runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against marchez's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mâcher and marchez
A purely visual mix-up. mâcher (\ma.ʃe\) and marchez (\maʁ.ʃe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mâcher is recorded at frequency rank #29,876, classified as averb, pronounced \ma.ʃe\. marchez is at rank #29,037, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ʃe\.
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 58913, this pair ranks #106,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mâcher vs marchez
Shared letters: cehmr. Private to "mâcher": â. Private to "marchez": az.
"mâcher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "marchez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marchez ← amrchez · macrhez · marcchez · marcehz · marchezz · marchhez · marchze · marhcez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mâcher" for "marchez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mâcher" vs "marchez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mâcher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mâcher" and "marchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mâcher vs mahé". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #106,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.