Which to use
“marqué” is an adjective and “mordue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- #49,238
- “mordue” frequency rank
- 51284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marqué | mordue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. | Passionnée ; fan. |
Where the eye mixes marqué and mordue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marqué is \maʁ.ke\ while mordue is \mɔʁ.dy\. 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 51284, 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\. mordue is at rank #49,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ.dy\.
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 51284, this pair ranks #156,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marqué vs mordue
Shared letters: mru. Private to "marqué": aqé. Private to "mordue": deo.
"marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mordue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mordue ← mmordue · modrue · morddue · mordeu · morrdue · morude · mrodue · omrdue