Which to use
“marks” and “marnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,341
- “marks” frequency rank
- #41,401
- “marnes” frequency rank
- 60742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | marnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mark. | Pluriel de marne. |
Where the eye mixes marks and marnes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against marnes's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marks vs marnes
A purely visual mix-up. marks (\maʁk\) and marnes (\maʁn\) 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 60742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #19,341, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\. marnes is at rank #41,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁn\.
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 60742, this pair ranks #95,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs marnes
Shared letters: amrs. Private to "marks": k. Private to "marnes": en.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "marnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marks" and "marnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marks" or "marnes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marks" and "marnes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "marnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs marnes". 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 #95,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.