Which to use
“marécage” and “marquage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,395
- “marécage” frequency rank
- #16,943
- “marquage” frequency rank
- 56338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marécage | marquage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étendue de terre saturée d'eau pendant la plus grande partie de l'année, et dont la surface du sol n'est généralement recouverte que d'une faible profondeur d'eau. | Fait de marquer, ou résultat de cette action. |
Where the eye mixes marécage and marquage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marécage and marquage
A purely visual mix-up. marécage (\ma.ʁe.kaʒ\) and marquage (\maʁ.kaʒ\) 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 56338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marécage is recorded at frequency rank #39,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁe.kaʒ\. marquage is at rank #16,943, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kaʒ\.
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 56338, this pair ranks #121,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marécage vs marquage
Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "marécage": cé. Private to "marquage": qu.
"marécage" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "marquage" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquage ← amrquage · maqruage · marqauge · marqquage · marquaeg · marquagge · marqugae · marrquage
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marécage" and "marquage" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marécage" or "marquage"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marécage" and "marquage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marécage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marécage" and "marquage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marécage vs marécageux". 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 #121,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.