Which to use
“marde” and “maryse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,043
- “marde” frequency rank
- #25,039
- “maryse” frequency rank
- 61082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marde | maryse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Merde. | Spatule faite d'un matériau souple tel que le caoutchouc, le silicone ou certains plastiques, servant à racler le fond des récipients. |
Where the eye mixes marde and maryse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marde runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against maryse's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marde vs maryse
A purely visual mix-up. marde (\maʁd\) and maryse (\ma.ʁiz\) 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 61082, 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\. maryse is at rank #25,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁiz\.
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 61082, this pair ranks #94,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marde vs maryse
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "marde": d. Private to "maryse": sy.
"marde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "maryse" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marde" for "maryse" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marde" or "maryse"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "marde" and "maryse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maryse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marde" and "maryse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs marde". 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 #94,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.