Which to use
“marqué” and “masquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #33,345
- “masquée” frequency rank
- 35391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | masquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Féminin singulier de masqué. |
Where the eye mixes marqué and masquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. marqué (\maʁ.ke\) and masquée (\mas.ke\) 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 35391, 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\. masquée is at rank #33,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.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 35391, this pair ranks #277,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs masquée
Shared letters: amqué. Private to "marqué": r. Private to "masquée": es.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "masquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV