Which to use
“maquillé” is an adjective and “maquiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,485
- “maquillé” frequency rank
- #23,276
- “maquiller” frequency rank
- 59761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquillé | maquiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui porte un maquillage. | Farder ; recouvrir de fard. |
Same sound, different letters: maquillé vs maquiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. maquillé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against maquiller's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - maquillé and maquiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: maquillé and maquiller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ki.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquillé is recorded at frequency rank #36,485, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ki.je\. maquiller is at rank #23,276, tagged as averb, pronounced \ma.ki.je\.
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 59761, this pair ranks #101,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maquillé vs maquiller
Shared letters: ailmqu. Private to "maquillé": é. Private to "maquiller": er.
"maquillé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "maquiller" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maquiller ← amquiller · maqiuller · maqquiller · maquilelr · maquiler · maquillerr · maquillre · maquliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maquillé" for "maquiller" ever safe?
Frequency check: "maquillé" vs "maquiller" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maquiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,336 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquillé" and "maquiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magouille vs maquillé". 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 #101,336 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.