Which to use
“marchande” is a noun and “marchandes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,618
- “marchande” frequency rank
- #37,422
- “marchandes” frequency rank
- 50040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marchande | marchandes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui exerce une activité de marchand. | Féminin pluriel de marchand. |
Same sound, different letters: marchande vs marchandes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. marchande runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCCV) against marchandes's 10 (CVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - marchande and marchandes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marchande and marchandes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.ʃɑ̃d\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marchande” sits inside “marchandes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marchande is recorded at frequency rank #12,618, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃɑ̃d\. marchandes is at rank #37,422, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ʃɑ̃d\.
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 50040, this pair ranks #165,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marchande vs marchandes
Shared letters: acdehmnr. Private to "marchande": -. Private to "marchandes": s.
"marchande" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV · "marchandes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marchande ← amrchande · macrhande · marcahnde · marcchande · marchadne · marchandde · marchaned · marchannde
- marchandes ← amrchandes · macrhandes · marcahndes · marcchandes · marchadnes · marchanddes · marchandess · marchandse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marchande" for "marchandes" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "marchande" / "marchandes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "marchande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marchandes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,754 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marchande" and "marchandes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marchande vs Marmande". 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 #165,754 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.