Which to use
“mariés” is an adjective and “markets” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,593
- “mariés” frequency rank
- #44,042
- “markets” frequency rank
- 51635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mariés | markets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif marié. | Pluriel de market. |
Letter map: mariés vs markets
Shared letters muted; letters that set mariés and markets apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mariés runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against markets's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mariés / markets
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mariés is anadjective and marketsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mariés is recorded at frequency rank #7,593, 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 51635, this pair ranks #153,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mariés vs markets
Shared letters: amrs. Private to "mariés": ié. Private to "markets": ekt.
"mariés" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "markets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- markets ← amrkets · makrets · marekts · markest · marketss · marketts · markkets · marktes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mariés" and "markets" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mariés" or "markets"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mariés" and "markets". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mariés" 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 #153,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mariés" 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 #153,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.