Which to use
“marbre” and “membre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,109
- “marbre” frequency rank
- #1,034
- “membre” frequency rank
- 7143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marbre | membre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toute pierre susceptible d'être polie | Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se dit jamais de la tête. |
Where the eye mixes marbre and membre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marbre and membre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses marbre with membre
A purely visual mix-up. marbre (\maʁbʁ\) and membre (\mɑ̃bʁ\) 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 7143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marbre is recorded at frequency rank #6,109, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁbʁ\. membre is at rank #1,034, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\.
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 7143, this pair ranks #424,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marbre vs membre
Shared letters: bemr. Private to "marbre": a. Private to "membre": -.
"marbre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "membre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marbre" and "membre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marbre" or "membre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marbre" and "membre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marbre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "membre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marbre" and "membre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "membre vs meutre". 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 #424,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.