Which to use
“marde” is a noun and “marqué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,043
- “marde” frequency rank
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- 38089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marde | marqué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Merde. | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. |
Where the eye mixes marde and marqué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marde is \maʁd\ while marqué is \maʁ.ke\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marde is recorded at frequency rank #36,043, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁd\. marqué is at rank #2,046, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 38089, this pair ranks #257,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marde vs marqué
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marde": de. Private to "marqué": qué.
"marde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marde ← amrde · mardde · mared · marrde · mmarde · mrade