remarié vs remarque, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“remarié” is a verb and “remarque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,961
“remarié” frequency rank: #2,383
“remarque” frequency rank: 43344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	remarié	remarque
Definition	Participe passé masculin singulier de remarier.	Action de remarquer ou d’observer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remarié and remarque apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

remarié

8 ch

remarque

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remarié is \ʁə.ma.ʁje\ while remarque is \ʁə.maʁk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarié is recorded at frequency rank #40,961, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ma.ʁje\. remarque is at rank #2,383, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.maʁk\.

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 43344, this pair ranks #218,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remarié vs remarque

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "remarié": ié. Private to "remarque": qu.

"remarié" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "remarque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

remarque ← ermarque · reamrque · remaqrue · remarqeu · remarqque · remarrque · remaruqe · remmarque

Frequency comparison

remarié#40,961

remarque#2,383

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remarié" and "remarque" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remarié" is a verb and "remarque" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "remarié" or "remarque"?

"remarque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,383 in our French list, against #40,961 for "remarié". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering remarié vs remarque

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “remarié”; for a noun, it's “remarque”.
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