remarquevsremarquentConfusable pair

Quick tell: remarque is a noun, remarquent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#2,383
“remarque” frequency rank
#27,937
“remarquent” frequency rank
30320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarque remarquent
Definition Action de remarquer ou d’observer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remarquer.

Same sound, different letters: remarque vs remarquent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remarque runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against remarquent's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remarque
10 ch
remarquent

Same sound, different spelling - remarque / remarquent

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: remarque and remarquent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.maʁk\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “remarque” sits inside “remarquent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarque is recorded at frequency rank #2,383, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.maʁk\. remarquent is at rank #27,937, tagged as averb, 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 30320, this pair ranks #311,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remarque vs remarquent

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "remarque": -. Private to "remarquent": nt.

"remarque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "remarquent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarque ← ermarque · reamrque · remaqrue · remarqeu · remarqque · remarrque · remaruqe · remmarque
  • remarquent ← ermarquent · reamrquent · remaqruent · remarqeunt · remarqquent · remarquennt · remarquentt · remarquetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remarque" and "remarquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remarque" is a noun and "remarquent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remarque" or "remarquent"?
"remarque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,383 in our French list, against #27,937 for "remarquent". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarque" and "remarquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarquant vs remarquent". 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 #311,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list