Which to use
“mariage” and “marquage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #741
- “mariage” frequency rank
- #16,943
- “marquage” frequency rank
- 17684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariage | marquage |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Fait de marquer, ou résultat de cette action. |
Where the eye mixes mariage and marquage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mariage runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against marquage's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mariage vs marquage
A purely visual mix-up. mariage (\ma.ʁjaʒ\) and marquage (\maʁ.kaʒ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17684, 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\. marquage is at rank #16,943, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kaʒ\.
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 17684, this pair ranks #381,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mariage vs marquage
Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "mariage": i. Private to "marquage": qu.
"mariage" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "marquage" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mariage" for "marquage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mariage" vs "marquage" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mariage" and "marquage" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mariage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariage" and "marquage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquage vs matraquage". 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 #381,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.