Which to use
“maquette” and “marquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,434
- “maquette” frequency rank
- #48,033
- “marquette” frequency rank
- 63467
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquette | marquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple). | Pain de cire vierge. |
Where the eye mixes maquette and marquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. maquette runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against marquette's 9 (CVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: maquette vs marquette
A purely visual mix-up. maquette (\ma.kɛt\) and marquette (\maʁ.kɛt\) 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 63467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquette is recorded at frequency rank #15,434, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.kɛt\. marquette is at rank #48,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kɛt\.
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 63467, this pair ranks #81,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maquette vs marquette
Shared letters: aemqtu. Private to "maquette": -. Private to "marquette": r.
"maquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "marquette" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maquette" and "marquette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "maquette" or "marquette" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "maquette" and "marquette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquette" and "marquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariette vs marquette". 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 #81,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.