Which to use
“maquettes” and “marquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,387
- “maquettes” frequency rank
- #48,033
- “marquette” frequency rank
- 69420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquettes | marquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maquette. | Pain de cire vierge. |
Where the eye mixes maquettes and marquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: maquettes vs marquette
A purely visual mix-up. maquettes (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquettes is recorded at frequency rank #21,387, 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 69420, this pair ranks #55,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maquettes vs marquette
Shared letters: aemqtu. Private to "maquettes": s. Private to "marquette": r.
"maquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "marquette" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maquettes" and "marquette" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "maquettes" or "marquette"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maquettes" and "marquette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquettes" 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 #55,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquettes" 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 #55,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.