Which to use
“marquées” is an adjective and “marquises” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,418
- “marquées” frequency rank
- #44,572
- “marquises” frequency rank
- 56990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquées | marquises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marqué. | Pluriel de marquise. |
Where the eye mixes marquées and marquises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. marquées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against marquises's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marquées with marquises
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquées is \maʁ.ke\ while marquises is \maʁ.kiz\. 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 56990, 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\. marquises is at rank #44,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kiz\.
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 56990, this pair ranks #117,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquées vs marquises
Shared letters: aemqrsu. Private to "marquées": é. Private to "marquises": i.
"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "marquises" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquises ← amrquises · maqruises · marqiuses · marqquises · marquiess · marquisess · marquisses · marqusies
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marquées" and "marquises" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "marquées" or "marquises" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marquées" and "marquises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquées" and "marquises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquise vs marquises". 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 #117,703 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.