Which to use
“marché” and “marcheur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #492
- “marché” frequency rank
- #36,952
- “marcheur” frequency rank
- 37444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marché | marcheur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu public où s’achètent et se vendent les denrées, les marchandises, les objets d’usage courant. → voir marché-gare et place du marché | Celui qui sait marcher, qui est doté de la capacité de marcher. |
Where the eye mixes marché and marcheur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marché runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against marcheur's 8 (CVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marché vs marcheur
A purely visual mix-up. marché (\maʁ.ʃe\) and marcheur (\maʁ.ʃœʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marché is recorded at frequency rank #492, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃe\. marcheur is at rank #36,952, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃœʁ\.
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 37444, this pair ranks #262,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marché vs marcheur
Shared letters: achmr. Private to "marché": é. Private to "marcheur": eu.
"marché" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "marcheur" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marcheur ← amrcheur · macrheur · marccheur · marcehur · marcheru · marcheurr · marchheur · marchuer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marché" and "marcheur" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marché" or "marcheur" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marché" and "marcheur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcheur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marché" and "marcheur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mâcher vs marcheur". 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 #262,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.