mariéesvsmarketsConfusable pair

Quick tell: mariées is a adjective, markets is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
mariées
7 ch
markets

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": . Private to "markets": kt.

"mariées" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC  ·  "markets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marketsamrkets · makrets · marekts · markest · marketss · marketts · markkets · marktes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mariées" and "markets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mariées" is an adjective and "markets" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mariées" or "markets" show up more?
"mariées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,178 in our French list, against #44,042 for "markets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mariées" and "markets". Here's where to go from here.

  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list