Which to use
“mariée” and “marmite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,162
- “mariée” frequency rank
- #22,614
- “marmite” frequency rank
- 26776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariée | marmite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui se marie ou qui s’est mariée le jour même. | Récipient de terre ou de métal, qui peut recevoir un couvercle, et dans lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, cuire des aliments. |
Where the eye mixes mariée and marmite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mariée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against marmite's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mariée vs marmite
A purely visual mix-up. mariée (\ma.ʁje\) and marmite (\maʁ.mit\) 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 26776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mariée is recorded at frequency rank #4,162, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁje\. marmite is at rank #22,614, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.mit\.
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 26776, this pair ranks #332,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mariée vs marmite
Shared letters: aeimr. Private to "mariée": é. Private to "marmite": t.
"mariée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "marmite" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marmite ← amrmite · mamrite · marimte · marmiet · marmitte · marmmite · marmtie · marrmite
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mariée" and "marmite" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mariée" or "marmite" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mariée" and "marmite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mariée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marmite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariée" and "marmite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariée vs mariera". 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 #332,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.