Which to use
“marde” and “morve” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,043
- “marde” frequency rank
- #41,907
- “morve” frequency rank
- 77950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marde | morve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Merde. | Maladie bactérienne grave, avec fièvre, atteignant notamment la peau et les muqueuses, à laquelle les équidés (chevaux, ânes, etc.) sont sujets et qui est très contagieuse entre eux, surtout lors de rassemblements, et peut atteindre d’autres animaux et rarement l’être humain (zoonose). |
Where the eye mixes marde and morve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. marde and morve follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marde and morve
A purely visual mix-up. marde (\maʁd\) and morve (\mɔʁv\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77950, 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\. morve is at rank #41,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁv\.
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 77950, this pair ranks #27,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marde vs morve
Shared letters: emr. Private to "marde": ad. Private to "morve": ov.
"marde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "morve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marde" for "morve" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marde" or "morve"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marde" and "morve" 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 "morve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,012 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marde" and "morve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs morve". 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 #27,012 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.