Which to use
“marqué” is an adjective and “marquent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #12,417
- “marquent” frequency rank
- 14463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | marquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de marquer. |
Where the eye mixes marqué and marquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marqué vs marquent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marqué is \maʁ.ke\ while marquent is \maʁk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marqué is recorded at frequency rank #2,046, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ke\. marquent is at rank #12,417, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁk\.
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 14463, this pair ranks #396,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs marquent
Shared letters: amqru. Private to "marqué": é. Private to "marquent": ent.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquent ← amrquent · maqruent · marqeunt · marqquent · marquennt · marquentt · marquetn · marqunet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marqué" and "marquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marqué" or "marquent" show up more?
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 "marqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqué" and "marquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquent 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 #396,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.