marquéesvsmarqueraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,418
“marquées” frequency rank
#21,076
“marquera” frequency rank
33494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marquées marquera
Definition Féminin pluriel de marqué. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer.

Where the eye mixes marquées and marquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquées (CVCCVVVC) and marquera (CVCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
marquées
8 ch
marquera

Visual trap between marquées and marquera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquées is \maʁ.ke\ while marquera is \maʁ.kə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33494, 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\. marquera is at rank #21,076, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kə.ʁa\.

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 33494, this pair ranks #290,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marquées vs marquera

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquées": sé. Private to "marquera": -.

"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC  ·  "marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marquera ← amrquera · maqruera · marqeura · marqquera · marquear · marquerra · marqurea · marrquera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marquées" and "marquera" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marquées" is an adjective and "marquera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "marquées" vs "marquera" - which ranks higher?
"marquées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,418 in our French list, against #21,076 for "marquera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "marquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marquées" and "marquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariera vs marquera". 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 #290,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list