Which to use
“marqua” and “marquait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,434
- “marqua” frequency rank
- #24,669
- “marquait” frequency rank
- 54103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqua | marquait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de marquer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de marquer. |
Where the eye mixes marqua and marquait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marqua runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against marquait's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marqua and marquait
A purely visual mix-up. marqua (\maʁ.ka\) and marquait (\maʁ.kɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “marqua” sits inside “marquait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marqua is recorded at frequency rank #29,434, classified as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ka\. marquait is at rank #24,669, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kɛ\.
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 54103, this pair ranks #136,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqua vs marquait
Shared letters: amqru. Private to "marqua": -. Private to "marquait": it.
"marqua" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marqua" and "marquait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marqua" or "marquait" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqua" and "marquait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquait vs masquant". 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 #136,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.