Which to use
“marron” and “marrons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,510
- “marron” frequency rank
- #20,495
- “marrons” frequency rank
- 30005
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marron | marrons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit rond comestible de certaines variétés de châtaigniers, plus gros qu’une châtaigne ordinaire, de couleur brune. | Pluriel de marron (couleur, fruit). |
Same sound, different letters: marron vs marrons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: marron vs marrons
This is the hard kind. marron and marrons are pronounced identically (\ma.ʁɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marron” sits inside “marrons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marron is recorded at frequency rank #9,510, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ̃\. marrons is at rank #20,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁɔ̃\.
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 30005, this pair ranks #313,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marron vs marrons
Shared letters: amnor. Private to "marron": -. Private to "marrons": s.
"marron" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "marrons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "marron" / "marrons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "marron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,104 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marron" and "marrons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macros vs marrons". 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 #313,104 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.