Which to use
“marées” and “marge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,413
- “marées” frequency rank
- #3,410
- “marge” frequency rank
- 19823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marées | marge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marée. | Lisière ; bord ; périphérie. |
Where the eye mixes marées and marge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marées vs marge
A purely visual mix-up. marées (\ma.ʁe\) and marge (\maʁʒ\) 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 19823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marées is recorded at frequency rank #16,413, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁe\. marge is at rank #3,410, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁʒ\.
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 19823, this pair ranks #371,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marées vs marge
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "marées": sé. Private to "marge": g.
"marées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "marge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marge ← amrge · magre · mareg · margge · marrge · mmarge · mrage
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marées" for "marge" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "marées" or "marge" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marées" and "marge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manies vs marées". 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 #371,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.