Which to use
“marquante” and “marquants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,854
- “marquante” frequency rank
- #19,068
- “marquants” frequency rank
- 48922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquante | marquants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marquant. | Masculin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes marquante and marquants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. marquante (CVCCVVCCV) and marquants (CVCCVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: marquante vs marquants
A purely visual mix-up. marquante (\maʁ.kɑ̃t\) and marquants (\maʁ.kɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - e in “marquante” becomes s in “marquants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquante is recorded at frequency rank #29,854, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃t\. marquants is at rank #19,068, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃\.
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 48922, this pair ranks #174,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquante vs marquants
Shared letters: amnqrtu. Private to "marquante": e. Private to "marquants": s.
"marquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "marquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marquante" and "marquants" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marquante" or "marquants"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquante" and "marquants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquante 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 #174,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.