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“marquants” and “marrants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,068
- “marquants” frequency rank
- #34,619
- “marrants” frequency rank
- 53687
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquants | marrants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de marquant. | Masculin pluriel de marrant. |
Where the eye mixes marquants and marrants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. marquants runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCC) against marrants's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marquants vs marrants
A purely visual mix-up. marquants (\maʁ.kɑ̃\) and marrants (\ma.ʁɑ̃\) 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 53687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquants is recorded at frequency rank #19,068, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃\. marrants is at rank #34,619, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁɑ̃\.
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 53687, this pair ranks #139,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquants vs marrants
Shared letters: amnrst. Private to "marquants": qu. Private to "marrants": -.
"marquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "marrants" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marquants" and "marrants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marquants" or "marrants" 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 "marquants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marrants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquants" and "marrants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marrantes vs marrants". 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 #139,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.