Which to use
“marqué” is an adjective and “Mecque” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #16,415
- “Mecque” frequency rank
- 18461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | Mecque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Centre de rayonnement d'un art ou d'une science. |
Where the eye mixes marqué and Mecque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marqué vs Mecque
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marqué is \maʁ.ke\ while Mecque is \mɛk\. 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 name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18461, 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\. Mecque is at rank #16,415, tagged as aname, pronounced \mɛk\.
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 18461, this pair ranks #378,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs Mecque
Shared letters: mqu. Private to "marqué": aré. Private to "Mecque": ce.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "Mecque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mecque ← emcque · mceque · meccque · mecqeu · mecqque · mecuqe · meqcue · mmecque
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marqué" and "Mecque" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marqué" or "Mecque"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marqué" and "Mecque" 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 "Mecque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marqué" and "Mecque" 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 #378,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.