Which to use
“marée” and “mart” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #22,615
- “mart” frequency rank
- 30884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | mart |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Mars. |
Where the eye mixes marée and mart
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses marée with mart
A purely visual mix-up. marée (\ma.ʁe\) and mart (\mɑrt\) 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 30884, 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\. mart is at rank #22,615, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑrt\.
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 30884, this pair ranks #307,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs mart
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marée": eé. Private to "mart": t.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mart ← amrt · marrt · martt · matr · mmart · mrat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marée" for "mart" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marée" or "mart"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marée" and "mart" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "mart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs mart". 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 #307,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.