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“mariera” and “marquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,210
“mariera” frequency rank
#21,076
“marquera” frequency rank
70286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mariera marquera
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marier. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer.

Where the eye mixes mariera and marquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mariera runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against marquera's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
mariera
8 ch
marquera

Look-alike desk: mariera vs marquera

A purely visual mix-up. mariera (\ma.ʁi.ʁa\) and marquera (\maʁ.kə.ʁa\) 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 70286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mariera is recorded at frequency rank #49,210, classified as averb, pronounced \ma.ʁi.ʁa\. marquera is at rank #21,076, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kə.ʁa\.

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 70286, this pair ranks #51,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mariera vs marquera

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "mariera": i. Private to "marquera": qu.

"mariera" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marieraamriera · mairera · mareira · mariear · marierra · marirea · marriera · mmariera
  • marqueraamrquera · maqruera · marqeura · marqquera · marquear · marquerra · marqurea · marrquera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mariera" for "marquera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ma.ʁi.ʁa\ versus \maʁ.kə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mariera" or "marquera"?
"marquera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,076 in our French list, against #49,210 for "mariera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mariera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mariera" and "marquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariera vs Marissa". 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 #51,927 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