Which to use
“marquée” is an adjective and “marquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,507
- “marquée” frequency rank
- #19,592
- “marquez” frequency rank
- 24099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquée | marquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de marqué. | Indicatif présent, deuxième personne, du verbe marquer. |
Same sound, different letters: marquée vs marquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. marquée (CVCCVVV) and marquez (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - marquée / marquez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marquée and marquez 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 24099, 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\. marquez is at rank #19,592, 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 24099, this pair ranks #348,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marquée vs marquez
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquée": é. Private to "marquez": z.
"marquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "marquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquez ← amrquez · maqruez · marqeuz · marqquez · marquezz · marquze · marrquez · maruqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marquée" and "marquez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marquée" or "marquez"?
After this comparison
"marquée" and "marquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquée" and "marquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariez vs marquez". 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 #348,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.