Which to use
“marginales” is an adjective and “marginalisés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,144
- “marginales” frequency rank
- #45,163
- “marginalisés” frequency rank
- 80307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marginales | marginalisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marginal. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de marginaliser. |
Where the eye mixes marginales and marginalisés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. marginales runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against marginalisés's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marginales with marginalisés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marginales is \maʁ.ʒi.nal\ while marginalisés is \maʁ.ʒi.na.li.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marginales is recorded at frequency rank #35,144, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ʒi.nal\. marginalisés is at rank #45,163, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ʒi.na.li.ze\.
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 80307, this pair ranks #21,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marginales vs marginalisés
Shared letters: agilmnrs. Private to "marginales": e. Private to "marginalisés": é.
"marginales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "marginalisés" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marginales ← amrginales · magrinales · margginales · margianles · marginaels · marginaless · marginalles · marginalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marginales" and "marginalisés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marginales" or "marginalisés"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marginales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marginalisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marginales" and "marginalisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marginales vs matinales". 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 #21,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.