Which to use
“marquées” and “masqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,418
- “marquées” frequency rank
- #25,040
- “masqués” frequency rank
- 37458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquées | masqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marqué. | Masculin pluriel de masqué. |
Where the eye mixes marquées and masqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against masqués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marquées with masqués
A purely visual mix-up. marquées (\maʁ.ke\) and masqués (\mas.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37458, 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\. masqués is at rank #25,040, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.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 37458, this pair ranks #262,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquées vs masqués
Shared letters: amqsué. Private to "marquées": er. Private to "masqués": -.
"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "masqués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marquées" and "masqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "marquées" or "masqués" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marquées" and "masqués" 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 "masqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquées" and "masqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquent vs masqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #262,375 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.