Which to use
“mariage” and “myriade” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #741
- “mariage” frequency rank
- #37,936
- “myriade” frequency rank
- 38677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariage | myriade |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Dix-mille. |
Where the eye mixes mariage and myriade
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mariage and myriade follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between mariage and myriade
A purely visual mix-up. mariage (\ma.ʁjaʒ\) and myriade (\mi.ʁjad\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38677, 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\. myriade is at rank #37,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.ʁjad\.
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 38677, this pair ranks #253,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mariage vs myriade
Shared letters: aeimr. Private to "mariage": g. Private to "myriade": dy.
"mariage" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "myriade" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mariage" and "myriade" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mariage" or "myriade" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mariage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "myriade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariage" and "myriade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "myriade vs Myriam". 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 #253,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.