Which to use
“marais” and “Mayas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,846
- “marais” frequency rank
- #35,595
- “Mayas” frequency rank
- 42441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marais | Mayas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue de terrain périodiquement inondée ou continuellement humide, recouverte d’une nappe d’eau peu profonde. | Peuple amérindien précolombien qui occupait le Sud du Mexique et l’Amérique centrale (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua) entre le Iᵉʳ siècle avant J.-C. et le Xᵉ siècle de notre ère. |
Where the eye mixes marais and Mayas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marais runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against Mayas's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marais vs Mayas
A purely visual mix-up. marais (\ma.ʁɛ\) and Mayas (\ma.ja\) 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 42441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marais is recorded at frequency rank #6,846, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁɛ\. Mayas is at rank #35,595, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ja\.
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 42441, this pair ranks #225,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marais vs Mayas
Shared letters: ams. Private to "marais": ir. Private to "Mayas": y.
"marais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "Mayas" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marais" and "Mayas" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "marais" vs "Mayas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mayas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,582 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marais" and "Mayas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mads vs Mayas". 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 #225,582 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.