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“marques” and “marqueur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,838
- “marques” frequency rank
- #13,631
- “marqueur” frequency rank
- 16469
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marques | marqueur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de marque. | Celui qui marque. |
Where the eye mixes marques and marqueur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marques vs marqueur
A purely visual mix-up. marques (\maʁk\) and marqueur (\maʁ.kœʁ\) 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 16469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marques is recorded at frequency rank #2,838, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\. marqueur is at rank #13,631, 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 16469, this pair ranks #387,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marques vs marqueur
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "marques": s. Private to "marqueur": -.
"marques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "marqueur" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marques" and "marqueur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marques" or "marqueur"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "marques" and "marqueur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marqueur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marques" and "marqueur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marques vs moqués". 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 #387,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.