Which to use
“marchés” is a noun and “marchons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,528
- “marchés” frequency rank
- #24,280
- “marchons” frequency rank
- 26808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marchés | marchons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marché. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marcher. |
Where the eye mixes marchés and marchons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marchés runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against marchons's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marchés with marchons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marchés is \maʁ.ʃe\ while marchons is \maʁ.ʃɔ̃\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26808, 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\. marchons is at rank #24,280, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ʃɔ̃\.
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 26808, this pair ranks #332,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marchés vs marchons
Shared letters: achmrs. Private to "marchés": é. Private to "marchons": no.
"marchés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "marchons" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marchons ← amrchons · macrhons · marcchons · marchhons · marchnos · marchonns · marchonss · marchosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marchés" and "marchons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marchés" or "marchons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marchés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marchons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,748 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marchés" and "marchons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marathons vs marchons". 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 #332,748 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.