Which to use
“marquées” is an adjective and “mosquées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,418
- “marquées” frequency rank
- #11,808
- “mosquées” frequency rank
- 24226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquées | mosquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de marqué. | Pluriel de mosquée. |
Where the eye mixes marquées and mosquées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquées and mosquées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marquées and mosquées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquées is \maʁ.ke\ while mosquées is \mɔs.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24226, 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\. mosquées is at rank #11,808, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔs.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 24226, this pair ranks #347,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marquées vs mosquées
Shared letters: emqsué. Private to "marquées": ar. Private to "mosquées": o.
"marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "mosquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marquées" for "mosquées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "marquées" or "mosquées" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marquées" and "mosquées" 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 "mosquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marquées" and "mosquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs mosquées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #347,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.