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Which to use

“remarquée” and “remarqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,722
“remarquée” frequency rank
#35,682
“remarqués” frequency rank
52404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarquée remarqués
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de remarquer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de remarquer.

Same sound, different letters: remarquée vs remarqués

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remarquée (CVCVCCVVV) and remarqués (CVCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
remarquée
9 ch
remarqués

Same sound, different spelling - remarquée / remarqués

This is the hard kind. remarquée and remarqués are pronounced identically (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “remarquée” becomes s in “remarqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarquée is recorded at frequency rank #16,722, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ke\. 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 52404, this pair ranks #147,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remarquée vs remarqués

Shared letters: aemqrué. Private to "remarquée": -. Private to "remarqués": s.

"remarquée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVV  ·  "remarqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarquée" for "remarqués" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "remarquée" vs "remarqués" - which ranks higher?
"remarquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,722 in our French list, against #35,682 for "remarqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"remarquée" and "remarqués" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquée" 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 #147,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarquée" and "remarqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarqués vs remorquer". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #147,955 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