Which to use
“marocaine” and “marocains” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,035
- “marocaine” frequency rank
- #11,804
- “marocains” frequency rank
- 20839
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marocaine | marocains |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marocain. | Pluriel de marocain. |
Where the eye mixes marocaine and marocains
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. marocaine (CVCVCVVCV) and marocains (CVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between marocaine and marocains
A purely visual mix-up. marocaine (\ma.ʁɔ.kɛn\) and marocains (\ma.ʁɔ.kɛ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “marocaine” becomes s in “marocains”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20839, 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\. 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 20839, this pair ranks #366,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marocaine vs marocains
Shared letters: acimnor. Private to "marocaine": e. Private to "marocains": s.
"marocaine" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCV · "marocains" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marocaine" for "marocains" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marocaine" or "marocains"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marocaine" 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 #366,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marocaine" and "marocains" 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 #366,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.