Which to use
“remarqua” and “remarqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,560
- “remarqua” frequency rank
- #35,682
- “remarqués” frequency rank
- 68242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remarqua | remarqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remarquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de remarquer. |
Where the eye mixes remarqua and remarqués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remarqua runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remarqués's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses remarqua with remarqués
A purely visual mix-up. remarqua (\ʁə.maʁ.ka\) and remarqués (\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 68242, 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\. remarqués is at rank #35,682, 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 68242, this pair ranks #59,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remarqua vs remarqués
Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "remarqua": -. Private to "remarqués": sé.
"remarqua" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "remarqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remarqua ← ermarqua · reamrqua · remaqrua · remarqau · remarqqua · remarrqua · remaruqa · remmarqua
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remarqua" for "remarqués" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "remarqua" or "remarqués" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remarqua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remarqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remarqua" and "remarqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarqués vs remorquer". 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 #59,952 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.