Which to use
“marqua” and “marquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,434
- “marqua” frequency rank
- #21,076
- “marquera” frequency rank
- 50510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqua | marquera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de marquer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer. |
Where the eye mixes marqua and marquera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marqua runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against marquera's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marqua and marquera
A purely visual mix-up. marqua (\maʁ.ka\) and marquera (\maʁ.kə.ʁa\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50510, 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\. marquera is at rank #21,076, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kə.ʁa\.
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 50510, this pair ranks #162,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqua vs marquera
Shared letters: amqru. Private to "marqua": -. Private to "marquera": e.
"marqua" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marqua" for "marquera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marqua" or "marquera"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marqua" and "marquera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqua" and "marquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manqua vs marqua". 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 #162,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.