Which to use
“mariage” and “mariages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #741
- “mariage” frequency rank
- #6,317
- “mariages” frequency rank
- 7058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariage | mariages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Union de deux personnes reconnue de façon officielle par la loi ou les règles en vigueur localement, dans le but de s’unir à vie en formant un couple. | Pluriel de mariage. |
Same sound, different letters: mariage vs mariages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mariage runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against mariages's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mariage / mariages
This is the hard kind. mariage and mariages are pronounced identically (\ma.ʁjaʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mariage” sits inside “mariages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mariage is recorded at frequency rank #741, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁjaʒ\. mariages is at rank #6,317, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁjaʒ\.
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 7058, this pair ranks #424,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mariage vs mariages
Shared letters: aegimr. Private to "mariage": -. Private to "mariages": s.
"mariage" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "mariages" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mariage" and "mariages" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mariage" vs "mariages" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"mariage" and "mariages" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mariage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mariages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,396 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariage" and "mariages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariages vs mirages". 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 #424,396 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.