Which to use
“marée” and “mariée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #4,162
- “mariée” frequency rank
- 12431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | mariée |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Femme qui se marie ou qui s’est mariée le jour même. |
Where the eye mixes marée and mariée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against mariée's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marée with mariée
A purely visual mix-up. marée (\ma.ʁe\) and mariée (\ma.ʁje\) 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 12431, 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\. mariée is at rank #4,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁje\.
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 12431, this pair ranks #405,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs mariée
Shared letters: aemré. Private to "marée": -. Private to "mariée": i.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mariée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marée" and "mariée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marée" vs "mariée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "mariée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,303 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "mariée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "majorée vs marée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #405,303 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.