remarquervsremorquesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,285
“remarquer” frequency rank
#27,938
“remorques” frequency rank
31223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarquer remorques
Definition Marquer à nouveau. Pluriel de remorque.

Where the eye mixes remarquer and remorques

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
remarquer
9 ch
remorques

Why the eye confuses remarquer with remorques

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remarquer is \ʁə.maʁ.ke\ while remorques is \ʁə.mɔʁk\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarquer is recorded at frequency rank #3,285, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ke\. remorques is at rank #27,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔʁk\.

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 31223, this pair ranks #305,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remarquer vs remorques

Shared letters: emqru. Private to "remarquer": a. Private to "remorques": os.

"remarquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "remorques" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarquerermarquer · reamrquer · remaqruer · remarqeur · remarqquer · remarquerr · remarqure · remarrquer
  • remorquesermorques · remmorques · remoqrues · remorqeus · remorqques · remorquess · remorquse · remorrques

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarquer" for "remorques" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remarquer" is a verb and "remorques" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "remarquer" vs "remorques" - which ranks higher?
"remarquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,285 in our French list, against #27,938 for "remorques". 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 "remarquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remorques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,154 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarquer" and "remorques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remorques 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 #305,154 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