marquéesvsmarquesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#12,418
“marquées” frequency rank
#2,838
“marques” frequency rank
15256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marquées marques
Definition Féminin pluriel de marqué. Pluriel de marque.

Where the eye mixes marquées and marques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
marquées
7 ch
marques

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquées is \maʁ.ke\ while marques is \maʁk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 15256, 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\. marques is at rank #2,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\.

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 15256, this pair ranks #393,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of marquées vs marques

Shared letters: aemqrsu. Private to "marquées": é. Private to "marques": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marquesamrques · maqrues · marqeus · marqques · marquess · marquse · marrques · maruqes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marquées" and "marques" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marquées" is an adjective and "marques" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "marquées" or "marques"?
"marques" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,838 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