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“marquera” and “marquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,076
“marquera” frequency rank
#19,592
“marquez” frequency rank
40668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marquera marquez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer. Indicatif présent, deuxième personne, du verbe marquer.

Where the eye mixes marquera and marquez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marquera runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against marquez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
marquera
7 ch
marquez

Why the eye confuses marquera with marquez

A purely visual mix-up. marquera (\maʁ.kə.ʁa\) and marquez (\maʁ.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 40668, 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\. marquez is at rank #19,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.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 40668, this pair ranks #238,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marquera vs marquez

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marquera": -. Private to "marquez": z.

"marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "marquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marqueraamrquera · maqruera · marqeura · marqquera · marquear · marquerra · marqurea · marrquera
  • marquezamrquez · maqruez · marqeuz · marqquez · marquezz · marquze · marrquez · maruqez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marquera" and "marquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\maʁ.kə.ʁa\ versus \maʁ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "marquera" vs "marquez" - which ranks higher?
"marquez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,592 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marquera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,848 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marquera" and "marquez" 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 #238,848 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