Which to use
“Marocain” is a noun and “marocains” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,340
- “Marocain” frequency rank
- #11,804
- “marocains” frequency rank
- 19144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Marocain | marocains |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Habitant du Maroc. | Pluriel de marocain. |
Same sound, different letters: Marocain vs marocains
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. Marocain runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against marocains's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: Marocain vs marocains
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: Marocain and marocains carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ʁɔ.kɛ̃\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Marocain” sits inside “marocains”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Marocain is recorded at frequency rank #7,340, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ.kɛ̃\. marocains is at rank #11,804, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ.kɛ̃\.
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 19144, this pair ranks #374,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Marocain vs marocains
Shared letters: acimnor. Private to "Marocain": -. Private to "marocains": s.
"Marocain" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "marocains" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Marocain" for "marocains" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Marocain" or "marocains"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Marocain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marocains" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Marocain" and "marocains" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marocaines vs marocains". 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 #374,747 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.