Which to use
“marquée” is an adjective and “marquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,507
- “marquée” frequency rank
- #3,778
- “marquer” frequency rank
- 8285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquée | marquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marqué. | Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque. |
Same sound, different letters: marquée vs marquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - marquée and marquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marquée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquée is recorded at frequency rank #4,507, 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 8285, this pair ranks #420,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marquée vs marquer
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquée": é. Private to "marquer": -.
"marquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquer ← amrquer · maqruer · marqeur · marqquer · marquerr · marqure · marrquer · maruqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marquée" and "marquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marquée" vs "marquer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquée" 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 #420,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquée" and "marquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquée vs moquée". 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 #420,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.