Which to use
“marqué” is an adjective and “massue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #28,248
- “massue” frequency rank
- 30294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | massue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Sorte de bâton noueux, beaucoup plus gros par un bout que par l’autre, et dont on se servait comme d’arme offensive. |
Where the eye mixes marqué and massue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. marqué and massue follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marqué and massue
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marqué is \maʁ.ke\ while massue is \ma.sy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30294, 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\. massue is at rank #28,248, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.sy\.
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 30294, this pair ranks #311,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs massue
Shared letters: amu. Private to "marqué": qré. Private to "massue": es.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "massue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- massue ← amssue · masseu · masue · masuse · mmassue · msasue
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marqué" for "massue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marqué" vs "massue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marqué" and "massue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "massue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqué" and "massue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Massoud vs massue". 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 #311,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.