Which to use
“marginale” is a noun and “marginales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,494
- “marginale” frequency rank
- #35,144
- “marginales” frequency rank
- 55638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marginale | marginales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui vit en marge de la société. | Féminin pluriel de marginal. |
Same sound, different letters: marginale vs marginales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - marginale and marginales
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marginale and marginales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.ʒi.nal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marginale” sits inside “marginales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marginale is recorded at frequency rank #20,494, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.ʒi.nal\. marginales is at rank #35,144, tagged as anadj, 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 55638, this pair ranks #126,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marginale vs marginales
Shared letters: aegilmnr. Private to "marginale": -. Private to "marginales": s.
"marginale" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "marginales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marginale ← amrginale · magrinale · margginale · margianle · marginael · marginalle · marginlae · marginnale
- marginales ← amrginales · magrinales · margginales · margianles · marginaels · marginaless · marginalles · marginalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marginale" and "marginales" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marginale" or "marginales"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "marginale" / "marginales". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "marginale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marginales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,182 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marginale" and "marginales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marginales vs marginalisés". 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 #126,182 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.