Which to use
“mardis” and “marquis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,035
- “mardis” frequency rank
- #5,582
- “marquis” frequency rank
- 30617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mardis | marquis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mardi. | Seigneur préposé à la garde des marches, des frontières d’un état. |
Where the eye mixes mardis and marquis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mardis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against marquis's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mardis with marquis
A purely visual mix-up. mardis (\maʁ.di\) and marquis (\maʁ.ki\) 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 30617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mardis is recorded at frequency rank #25,035, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.di\. marquis is at rank #5,582, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ki\.
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 30617, this pair ranks #309,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mardis vs marquis
Shared letters: aimrs. Private to "mardis": d. Private to "marquis": qu.
"mardis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "marquis" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mardis" and "marquis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mardis" vs "marquis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mardis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mardis" and "marquis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mardis vs mercis". 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 #309,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.