Which to use
“marqua” and “marquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,434
- “marqua” frequency rank
- #19,592
- “marquez” frequency rank
- 49026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqua | marquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de marquer. | Indicatif présent, deuxième personne, du verbe marquer. |
Where the eye mixes marqua and marquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marqua runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against marquez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marqua and marquez
A purely visual mix-up. marqua (\maʁ.ka\) and marquez (\maʁ.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49026, 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\. marquez is at rank #19,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 49026, this pair ranks #174,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqua vs marquez
Shared letters: amqru. Private to "marqua": -. Private to "marquez": ez.
"marqua" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marqua" and "marquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marqua" or "marquez" show up more?
What to do next
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 "marquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,078 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqua" and "marquez" 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 #174,078 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.