Which to use
“remarqua” and “remarquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,560
- “remarqua” frequency rank
- #3,285
- “remarquer” frequency rank
- 35845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remarqua | remarquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remarquer. | Marquer à nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes remarqua and remarquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remarqua runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remarquer's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remarqua and remarquer
A purely visual mix-up. remarqua (\ʁə.maʁ.ka\) and remarquer (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35845, 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\. remarquer is at rank #3,285, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ke\.
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 35845, this pair ranks #273,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remarqua vs remarquer
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "remarqua": -. Private to "remarquer": -.
"remarqua" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remarquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remarqua" for "remarquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remarqua" or "remarquer"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "remarqua" and "remarquer" 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 "remarquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remarqua" and "remarquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarqua 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 #273,840 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.