Which to use
“marquée” is an adjective and “marquette” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,507
- “marquée” frequency rank
- #48,033
- “marquette” frequency rank
- 52540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquée | marquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marqué. | Pain de cire vierge. |
Where the eye mixes marquée and marquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquée runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against marquette's 9 (CVCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marquée with marquette
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquée is \maʁ.ke\ while marquette is \maʁ.kɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52540, 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\. marquette is at rank #48,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kɛt\.
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 52540, this pair ranks #147,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquée vs marquette
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquée": é. Private to "marquette": t.
"marquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "marquette" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquette ← amrquette · maqruette · marqeutte · marqquette · marquete · marquetet · marqutete · marrquette
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marquée" for "marquette" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marquée" or "marquette"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquée" and "marquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariette vs marquette". 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 #147,029 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.