Which to use
“marée” is a noun and “matez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #43,005
- “matez” frequency rank
- 51274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | matez |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mater. |
Where the eye mixes marée and matez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. marée (CVCVV) and matez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between marée and matez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marée is \ma.ʁe\ while matez is \ma.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 51274, 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\. matez is at rank #43,005, tagged as averb, pronounced \ma.te\.
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 51274, this pair ranks #156,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs matez
Shared letters: aem. Private to "marée": ré. Private to "matez": tz.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "matez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- matez ← amtez · maetz · matezz · mattez · matze · mmatez · mtaez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marée" for "matez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "marée" or "matez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marée" and "matez" 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 "matez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "matez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maël vs matez". 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 #156,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.