Which to use
“remarqua” and “remarquant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,560
- “remarqua” frequency rank
- #47,565
- “remarquant” frequency rank
- 80125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remarqua | remarquant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remarquer. | Participe présent de remarquer. |
Where the eye mixes remarqua and remarquant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remarqua runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remarquant's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remarqua and remarquant
A purely visual mix-up. remarqua (\ʁə.maʁ.ka\) and remarquant (\ʁə.maʁ.kɑ̃\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “remarqua” sits inside “remarquant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remarqua is recorded at frequency rank #32,560, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ka\. remarquant is at rank #47,565, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.kɑ̃\.
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 80125, this pair ranks #21,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remarqua vs remarquant
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "remarqua": -. Private to "remarquant": nt.
"remarqua" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remarquant" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remarqua ← ermarqua · reamrqua · remaqrua · remarqau · remarqqua · remarrqua · remaruqa · remmarqua
- remarquant ← ermarquant · reamrquant · remaqruant · remarqaunt · remarqquant · remarquannt · remarquantt · remarquatn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remarqua" and "remarquant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remarqua" or "remarquant" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remarqua" and "remarquant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remarqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remarquant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remarqua" and "remarquant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarquait vs remarquant". 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 #21,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.