Which to use
“marché” and “matchs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #492
- “marché” frequency rank
- #1,529
- “matchs” frequency rank
- 2021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marché | matchs |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Pluriel de match. |
Where the eye mixes marché and matchs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses marché with matchs
A purely visual mix-up. marché (\maʁ.ʃe\) and matchs (\matʃ\) 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 2021, 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\. matchs is at rank #1,529, tagged as anoun, pronounced \matʃ\.
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 2021, this pair ranks #436,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marché vs matchs
Shared letters: achm. Private to "marché": ré. Private to "matchs": st.
"marché" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "matchs" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- matchs ← amtchs · macths · matcchs · matchhs · matchss · matcsh · mathcs · mattchs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marché" for "matchs" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marché" or "matchs"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marché" and "matchs" 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 "matchs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marché" and "matchs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marché vs Marcy". 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 #436,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.