Which to use
“malles” and “marnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,281
- “malles” frequency rank
- #41,401
- “marnes” frequency rank
- 87682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malles | marnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de malle. | Pluriel de marne. |
Where the eye mixes malles and marnes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. malles and marnes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses malles with marnes
A purely visual mix-up. malles (\mal\) and marnes (\maʁn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malles is recorded at frequency rank #46,281, classified as anoun, pronounced \mal\. marnes is at rank #41,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁn\.
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 87682, this pair ranks #7,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malles vs marnes
Shared letters: aems. Private to "malles": l. Private to "marnes": nr.
"malles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "marnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "malles" and "marnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "malles" vs "marnes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "malles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,943 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malles" and "marnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malles vs manies". 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 #7,943 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.