Which to use
“martelé” is an adjective and “marteler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,914
- “martelé” frequency rank
- #45,165
- “marteler” frequency rank
- 83079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | martelé | marteler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une médaille dont on a effacé le revers, qui était commun, pour frapper à la place un revers plus rare | Battre à coups de marteau. |
Same sound, different letters: martelé vs marteler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. martelé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against marteler's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - martelé and marteler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: martelé and marteler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \maʁ.tə.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
martelé is recorded at frequency rank #37,914, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.tə.le\. marteler is at rank #45,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.tə.le\.
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 83079, this pair ranks #15,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of martelé vs marteler
Shared letters: aelmrt. Private to "martelé": é. Private to "marteler": -.
"martelé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marteler" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marteler ← amrteler · maretler · marrteler · marteelr · martelerr · marteller · martelre · martleer
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "martelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marteler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,494 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "martelé" and "marteler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "martelé vs Martens". 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 #15,494 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.