Which to use
“marquantes” and “marquants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,644
- “marquantes” frequency rank
- #19,068
- “marquants” frequency rank
- 47712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquantes | marquants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marquant. | Masculin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes marquantes and marquants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. marquantes runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVC) against marquants's 9 (CVCCVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marquantes vs marquants
A purely visual mix-up. marquantes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquantes is recorded at frequency rank #28,644, 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 47712, this pair ranks #184,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquantes vs marquants
Shared letters: amnqrstu. Private to "marquantes": e. Private to "marquants": -.
"marquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "marquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquantes ← amrquantes · maqruantes · marqauntes · marqquantes · marquanets · marquanntes · marquantess · marquantse
- marquants ← amrquants · maqruants · marqaunts · marqquants · marquannts · marquanst · marquantss · marquantts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marquantes" and "marquants" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marquantes" or "marquants" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquantes" 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 #184,763 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquantes" and "marquants" 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 #184,763 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.