Which to use
“marquer” is a verb and “masquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,778
- “marquer” frequency rank
- #33,345
- “masquée” frequency rank
- 37123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marquer | masquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque. | Féminin singulier de masqué. |
Where the eye mixes marquer and masquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquer is \maʁ.ke\ while masquée is \mas.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marquer is recorded at frequency rank #3,778, classified as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ke\. masquée is at rank #33,345, 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 37123, this pair ranks #264,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marquer vs masquée
Shared letters: aemqu. Private to "marquer": r. Private to "masquée": sé.
"marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "masquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marquer ← amrquer · maqruer · marqeur · marqquer · marquerr · marqure · marrquer · maruqer