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“marcos” and “muros” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,794
- “marcos” frequency rank
- #26,452
- “muros” frequency rank
- 53246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcos | muros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marco. | Murs. |
Where the eye mixes marcos and muros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marcos vs muros
A purely visual mix-up. marcos (\ˈmaɾ.kos\) and muros (\my.ʁos\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcos is recorded at frequency rank #26,794, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmaɾ.kos\. muros is at rank #26,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.ʁos\.
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 53246, this pair ranks #142,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marcos vs muros
Shared letters: mors. Private to "marcos": ac. Private to "muros": u.
"marcos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "muros" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marcos" and "muros" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marcos" or "muros" 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 "marcos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcos" and "muros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macros vs marcos". 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 #142,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.