Which to use
“marchés” is a noun and “marchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,528
- “marchés” frequency rank
- #29,037
- “marchez” frequency rank
- 31565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marchés | marchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher. |
Same sound, different letters: marchés vs marchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. marchés and marchez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: marchés vs marchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marchés and marchez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marchés is recorded at frequency rank #2,528, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʃe\. marchez is at rank #29,037, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ʃe\.
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 31565, this pair ranks #302,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marchés vs marchez
Shared letters: achmr. Private to "marchés": sé. Private to "marchez": ez.
"marchés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "marchez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marchez ← amrchez · macrhez · marcchez · marcehz · marchezz · marchhez · marchze · marhcez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marchés" for "marchez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marchés" vs "marchez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "marchés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marchés" and "marchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marchez vs mariez". 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 #302,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.