Which to use
“marché” is a noun and “marqué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #492
- “marché” frequency rank
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- 2538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marché | marqué |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. |
Where the eye mixes marché and marqué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marché vs marqué
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marché is \maʁ.ʃe\ while marqué is \maʁ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2538, 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\. marqué is at rank #2,046, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 2538, this pair ranks #435,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marché vs marqué
Shared letters: amré. Private to "marché": ch. Private to "marqué": qu.
"marché" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marché" and "marqué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marché" or "marqué"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marché" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marché" and "marqué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marqué vs mordue". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #435,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.