Which to use
“mariées” is an adjective and “markets” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,178
- “mariées” frequency rank
- #44,042
- “markets” frequency rank
- 60220
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariées | markets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marié. | Pluriel de market. |
Letter map: mariées vs markets
Shared letters muted; letters that set mariées and markets apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mariées (CVCVVVC) and markets (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mariées / markets
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mariées is anadjective and marketsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mariées is recorded at frequency rank #16,178, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁje\. markets is at rank #44,042, tagged as anoun.
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 60220, this pair ranks #98,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mariées vs markets
Shared letters: aemrs. Private to "mariées": ié. Private to "markets": kt.
"mariées" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "markets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- markets ← amrkets · makrets · marekts · markest · marketss · marketts · markkets · marktes
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "mariées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "markets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariées" and "markets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "makes vs markets". 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 #98,792 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.