Which to use
“marché” is a noun and “Marcy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #492
- “marché” frequency rank
- #47,443
- “Marcy” frequency rank
- 47935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marché | Marcy |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Commune située dans le département de l’Aisne, en France. |
Where the eye mixes marché and Marcy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marché and Marcy
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marché is \maʁ.ʃe\ while Marcy is \maʁ.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47935, 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\. Marcy is at rank #47,443, tagged as aname, pronounced \maʁ.si\.
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 47935, this pair ranks #182,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marché vs Marcy
Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marché": hé. Private to "Marcy": y.
"marché" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "Marcy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Marcy ← amrcy · macry · marccy · marcyy · marrcy · maryc · mmarcy · mracy
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marché" for "Marcy" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marché" vs "Marcy" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Marcy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marché" and "Marcy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marcy vs Méry". 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 #182,984 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.