Which to use
“marqué” is an adjective and “marquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #3,778
- “marquer” frequency rank
- 5824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | marquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque. |
Same sound, different letters: marqué vs marquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - marqué and marquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marqué and marquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5824, 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\. marquer is at rank #3,778, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 5824, this pair ranks #427,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs marquer
Shared letters: amqru. Private to "marqué": é. Private to "marquer": e.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquer ← amrquer · maqruer · marqeur · marqquer · marquerr · marqure · marrquer · maruqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marqué" for "marquer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marqué" vs "marquer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"marqué" and "marquer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "marqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqué" and "marquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marqué vs mordue". 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 #427,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.