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.
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": sé. Private to "marquer": -.
"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquer ← amrquer · maqruer · marqeur · marqquer · marquerr · marqure · marrquer · maruqer