Which to use
“mares” and “marques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,698
- “mares” frequency rank
- #2,838
- “marques” frequency rank
- 33536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mares | marques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mare. | Pluriel de marque. |
Where the eye mixes mares and marques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mares vs marques
A purely visual mix-up. mares (\maʁ\) and marques (\maʁk\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mares is recorded at frequency rank #30,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ\. marques is at rank #2,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\.
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 33536, this pair ranks #289,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mares vs marques
Shared letters: aemrs. Private to "mares": -. Private to "marques": qu.
"mares" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "marques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mares" and "marques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mares" or "marques" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mares" and "marques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macros vs mares". 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 #289,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.