Which to use
“marée” and “mari” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #1,335
- “mari” frequency rank
- 9604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | mari |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Homme uni à une autre personne par les liens du mariage, époux. |
Where the eye mixes marée and mari
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marée vs mari
A purely visual mix-up. marée (\ma.ʁe\) and mari (\ma.ʁi\) 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 9604, 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\. mari is at rank #1,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁi\.
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 9604, this pair ranks #416,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs mari
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marée": eé. Private to "mari": i.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mari ← amri · mair · marri · mmari · mrai
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marée" for "mari" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marée" vs "mari" - which ranks higher?
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 "mari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "mari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "majorée vs marée". 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 #416,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.