Which to use
“marquant” and “marquantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,036
- “marquant” frequency rank
- #28,644
- “marquantes” frequency rank
- 37680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquant | marquantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se fait remarquer par des caractères particuliers, en parlant des personnes ou des choses. | Féminin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes marquant and marquantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. marquant runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against marquantes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marquant with marquantes
A purely visual mix-up. marquant (\maʁ.kɑ̃\) and marquantes (\maʁ.kɑ̃t\) 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) - “marquant” sits inside “marquantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquant is recorded at frequency rank #9,036, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃\. marquantes is at rank #28,644, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃t\.
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 37680, this pair ranks #260,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquant vs marquantes
Shared letters: amnqrtu. Private to "marquant": -. Private to "marquantes": es.
"marquant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "marquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquant ← amrquant · maqruant · marqaunt · marqquant · marquannt · marquantt · marquatn · marqunat
- marquantes ← amrquantes · maqruantes · marqauntes · marqquantes · marquanets · marquanntes · marquantess · marquantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marquant" and "marquantes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "marquant" vs "marquantes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquant" and "marquantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquantes vs marrantes". 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 #260,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.