Which to use
“marrante” is a noun and “marrantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,389
- “marrante” frequency rank
- #43,549
- “marrantes” frequency rank
- 64938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marrante | marrantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est amusante, drôle. | Féminin pluriel de marrant. |
Same sound, different letters: marrante vs marrantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. marrante runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against marrantes's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - marrante / marrantes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: marrante and marrantes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ma.ʁɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marrante” sits inside “marrantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marrante is recorded at frequency rank #21,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁɑ̃t\. marrantes is at rank #43,549, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 64938, this pair ranks #74,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marrante vs marrantes
Shared letters: aemnrt. Private to "marrante": -. Private to "marrantes": s.
"marrante" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "marrantes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marrante" and "marrantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marrante" vs "marrantes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "marrante" / "marrantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "marrante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marrantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,636 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marrante" and "marrantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marrantes vs marrants". 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 #74,636 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.