marqueravsmarqueursTell them apart

Quick tell: marquera is a verb, marqueurs is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marquera” is a verb and “marqueurs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,076
“marquera” frequency rank
#17,764
“marqueurs” frequency rank
38840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marquera marqueurs
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer. Pluriel de marqueur.

Where the eye mixes marquera and marqueurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. marquera runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against marqueurs's 9 (CVCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
marquera
9 ch
marqueurs

Look-alike desk: marquera vs marqueurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marquera is \maʁ.kə.ʁa\ while marqueurs is \maʁ.kœʁ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marquera is recorded at frequency rank #21,076, classified as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kə.ʁa\. marqueurs is at rank #17,764, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.kœʁ\.

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 38840, this pair ranks #252,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marquera vs marqueurs

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquera": -. Private to "marqueurs": s.

"marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "marqueurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marqueraamrquera · maqruera · marqeura · marqquera · marquear · marquerra · marqurea · marrquera
  • marqueursamrqueurs · maqrueurs · marqeuurs · marqqueurs · marquerus · marqueurrs · marqueurss · marqueusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marquera" and "marqueurs" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marquera" is a verb and "marqueurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "marquera" or "marqueurs"?
"marqueurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,764 in our French list, against #21,076 for "marquera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marquera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marqueurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marquera" and "marqueurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariera vs marquera". 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 #252,425 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list