mariésvsmarketsWhat's the difference?

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

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.

6 ch
mariés
7 ch
markets

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": . Private to "markets": ekt.

"mariés" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "markets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mariés" and "markets" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mariés" is an adjective and "markets" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mariés" or "markets"?
"mariés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,593 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list