marquéesvsmarquerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: marquées is a adjective, marquer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marquées” is an adjective and “marquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,418
“marquées” frequency rank
#3,778
“marquer” frequency rank
16196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marquées marquer
Definition Féminin pluriel de marqué. Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque.

Same sound, different letters: marquées vs marquer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

8 ch
marquées
7 ch
marquer

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marquées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marquées is recorded at frequency rank #12,418, 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 16196, this pair ranks #388,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of marquées vs marquer

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquées": . Private to "marquer": -.

"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC  ·  "marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marqueramrquer · maqruer · marqeur · marqquer · marquerr · marqure · marrquer · maruqer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marquées" and "marquer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marquées" is an adjective and "marquer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "marquées" or "marquer"?
"marquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,778 in our French list, against #12,418 for "marquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list