Which to use
“marchés” and “marques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,528
- “marchés” frequency rank
- #2,838
- “marques” frequency rank
- 5366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marchés | marques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marché. | Pluriel de marque. |
Where the eye mixes marchés and marques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marchés (CVCCCVC) and marques (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: marchés vs marques
A purely visual mix-up. marchés (\maʁ.ʃe\) and marques (\maʁk\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5366, 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\. marques is at rank #2,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\.
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 5366, this pair ranks #429,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marchés vs marques
Shared letters: amrs. Private to "marchés": ché. Private to "marques": equ.
"marchés" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "marques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marques ← amrques · maqrues · marqeus · marqques · marquess · marquse · marrques · maruqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marchés" for "marques" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "marchés" or "marques" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marchés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,223 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marchés" and "marques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marques vs moqués". 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 #429,223 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.