remarquéesvsremarquentWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#41,493
“remarquées” frequency rank
#27,937
“remarquent” frequency rank
69430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarquées remarquent
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de remarquer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remarquer.

Where the eye mixes remarquées and remarquent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remarquées (CVCVCCVVVC) and remarquent (CVCVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

10 ch
remarquées
10 ch
remarquent

Why the eye confuses remarquées with remarquent

A purely visual mix-up. remarquées (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\) and remarquent (\ʁə.maʁk\) 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 69430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarquées is recorded at frequency rank #41,493, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ke\. 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 69430, this pair ranks #55,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarquées vs remarquent

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "remarquées": sé. Private to "remarquent": nt.

"remarquées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVC  ·  "remarquent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarquent ← ermarquent · reamrquent · remaqruent · remarqeunt · remarqquent · remarquennt · remarquentt · remarquetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarquées" for "remarquent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\ versus \ʁə.maʁk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remarquées" vs "remarquent" - which ranks higher?
"remarquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,937 in our French list, against #41,493 for "remarquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquées" 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 #55,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarquées" and "remarquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarquées vs remarquons". 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 #55,133 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