Which to use
“marée” is a noun and “margo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #41,889
- “margo” frequency rank
- 50158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | margo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement d’ondulation de la surface de la mer, provoquant une baisse et une hausse de son niveau sur un rythme journalier ou semi-journalier selon les régions du globe. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de margar. |
Where the eye mixes marée and margo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marée vs margo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marée is \ma.ʁe\ while margo is \ˈmaɾ.gu\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marée is recorded at frequency rank #8,269, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁe\. margo is at rank #41,889, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈmaɾ.gu\.
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 50158, this pair ranks #164,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs margo
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marée": eé. Private to "margo": go.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "margo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- margo ← amrgo · magro · marggo · marog · marrgo · mmargo · mrago
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marée" and "margo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marée" or "margo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "margo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "margo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marengo vs margo". 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 #164,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.