Which to use
“maple” and “marée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,931
- “maple” frequency rank
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- 32200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maple | marée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Érable. | Mouvement d’ondulation de la surface de la mer, provoquant une baisse et une hausse de son niveau sur un rythme journalier ou semi-journalier selon les régions du globe. |
Where the eye mixes maple and marée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between maple and marée
A purely visual mix-up. maple (\meɪ.pəl\) and marée (\ma.ʁe\) 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 32200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maple is recorded at frequency rank #23,931, classified as anoun, pronounced \meɪ.pəl\. marée is at rank #8,269, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁe\.
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 32200, this pair ranks #298,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maple vs marée
Shared letters: aem. Private to "maple": lp. Private to "marée": ré.
"maple" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maple ← malpe · mapel · maplle · mapple · mmaple · mpale
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maple" and "marée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "maple" or "marée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "maple" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,849 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maple" and "marée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maël vs maple". 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 #298,849 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.