Which to use
“marginal” is an adjective and “marginale” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,762
- “marginal” frequency rank
- #20,494
- “marginale” frequency rank
- 38256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marginal | marginale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est situé dans la marge d’un texte. | Personne qui vit en marge de la société. |
Same sound, different letters: marginal vs marginale
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - marginal / marginale
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marginal and marginale carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.ʒi.nal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marginal” sits inside “marginale”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marginal is recorded at frequency rank #17,762, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ʒi.nal\. marginale is at rank #20,494, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʒi.nal\.
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 38256, this pair ranks #256,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marginal vs marginale
Shared letters: agilmnr. Private to "marginal": -. Private to "marginale": e.
"marginal" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "marginale" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marginal" and "marginale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marginal" or "marginale"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "marginal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marginale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,560 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marginal" and "marginale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marginale vs marginales". 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 #256,560 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.