Which to use
“marmite” and “marmotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,614
- “marmite” frequency rank
- #30,699
- “marmotte” frequency rank
- 53313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marmite | marmotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récipient de terre ou de métal, qui peut recevoir un couvercle, et dans lequel on fait bouillir de l'eau, cuire des aliments. | Petit quadrupède rongeur, qui vit dans les montagnes et qui hiverne. |
Where the eye mixes marmite and marmotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marmite vs marmotte
A purely visual mix-up. marmite (\maʁ.mit\) and marmotte (\maʁ.mɔt\) 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 53313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marmite is recorded at frequency rank #22,614, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.mit\. marmotte is at rank #30,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.mɔt\.
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 53313, this pair ranks #141,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marmite vs marmotte
Shared letters: aemrt. Private to "marmite": i. Private to "marmotte": o.
"marmite" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marmotte" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marmite" for "marmotte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marmite" vs "marmotte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marmite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marmotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marmite" and "marmotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marcotte vs marmotte". 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 #141,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.