remarquéevsremorquerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#16,722
“remarquée” frequency rank
#45,835
“remorquer” frequency rank
62557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarquée remorquer
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de remarquer. Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.

Where the eye mixes remarquée and remorquer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remarquée (CVCVCCVVV) and remorquer (CVCVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
remarquée
9 ch
remorquer

Visual trap between remarquée and remorquer

A purely visual mix-up. remarquée (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\) and remorquer (\ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62557, 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\. remorquer is at rank #45,835, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁ.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 62557, this pair ranks #86,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarquée vs remorquer

Shared letters: emqru. Private to "remarquée": aé. Private to "remorquer": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remorquer ← ermorquer · remmorquer · remoqruer · remorqeur · remorqquer · remorquerr · remorqure · remorrquer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remarquée" and "remorquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\ versus \ʁə.mɔʁ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remarquée" or "remorquer"?
"remarquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,722 in our French list, against #45,835 for "remorquer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remorquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,465 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarquée" and "remorquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remorquer vs rétorqué". 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 #86,465 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