Which to use
“marquées” is an adjective and “marquez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,418
- “marquées” frequency rank
- #19,592
- “marquez” frequency rank
- 32010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquées | marquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marqué. | Indicatif présent, deuxième personne, du verbe marquer. |
Same sound, different letters: marquées vs marquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. marquées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against marquez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: marquées vs marquez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marquées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32010, 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\. 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 32010, this pair ranks #300,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquées vs marquez
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquées": sé. Private to "marquez": z.
"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "marquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquez ← amrquez · maqruez · marqeuz · marqquez · marquezz · marquze · marrquez · maruqez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marquées" for "marquez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marquées" vs "marquez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"marquées" and "marquez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquées" 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 #300,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquées" 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 #300,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.