Which to use
“marocaine” and “marocaines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,035
- “marocaine” frequency rank
- #21,388
- “marocaines” frequency rank
- 30423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marocaine | marocaines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marocain. | Féminin pluriel de marocain. |
Same sound, different letters: marocaine vs marocaines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. marocaine runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCV) against marocaines's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: marocaine vs marocaines
This is the hard kind. marocaine and marocaines are pronounced identically (\ma.ʁɔ.kɛn\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marocaine” sits inside “marocaines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marocaine is recorded at frequency rank #9,035, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ.kɛn\. marocaines is at rank #21,388, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ.kɛn\.
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 30423, this pair ranks #310,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marocaine vs marocaines
Shared letters: aceimnor. Private to "marocaine": -. Private to "marocaines": s.
"marocaine" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "marocaines" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marocaine ← amrocaine · maorcaine · marcoaine · maroacine · marocaien · marocainne · marocanie · maroccaine
- marocaines ← amrocaines · maorcaines · marcoaines · maroacines · marocaiens · marocainess · marocainnes · marocainse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marocaine" for "marocaines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marocaine" vs "marocaines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"marocaine" and "marocaines" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "marocaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marocaines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marocaine" and "marocaines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marjolaine vs marocaine". 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 #310,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.