Which to use
“marquage” and “marquise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,943
- “marquage” frequency rank
- #16,412
- “marquise” frequency rank
- 33355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquage | marquise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait de marquer, ou résultat de cette action. | Épouse ou veuve d’un marquis. |
Where the eye mixes marquage and marquise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquage and marquise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses marquage with marquise
A purely visual mix-up. marquage (\maʁ.kaʒ\) and marquise (\maʁ.kiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquage is recorded at frequency rank #16,943, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kaʒ\. marquise is at rank #16,412, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kiz\.
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 33355, this pair ranks #291,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquage vs marquise
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquage": g. Private to "marquise": is.
"marquage" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "marquise" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marquage" for "marquise" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marquage" or "marquise"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquage" and "marquise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquise vs marquises". 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 #291,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.