Which to use
“marée” and “morve” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #41,907
- “morve” frequency rank
- 50176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | morve |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Maladie bactérienne grave, avec fièvre, atteignant notamment la peau et les muqueuses, à laquelle les équidés (chevaux, ânes, etc.) sont sujets et qui est très contagieuse entre eux, surtout lors de rassemblements, et peut atteindre d’autres animaux et rarement l’être humain (zoonose). |
Where the eye mixes marée and morve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marée and morve
A purely visual mix-up. marée (\ma.ʁe\) and morve (\mɔʁv\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50176, 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\. morve is at rank #41,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁv\.
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 50176, this pair ranks #164,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs morve
Shared letters: emr. Private to "marée": aé. Private to "morve": ov.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "morve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- morve ← mmorve · morev · morrve · morvve · movre · mrove · omrve
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marée" and "morve" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marée" or "morve"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "morve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs morve". 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 #164,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.