Which to use
“remarquera” and “remorquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,669
- “remarquera” frequency rank
- #45,835
- “remorquer” frequency rank
- 69504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remarquera | remorquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remarquer. | Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc. |
Where the eye mixes remarquera and remorquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: remarquera vs remorquer
A purely visual mix-up. remarquera (\ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁa\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remarquera is recorded at frequency rank #23,669, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.kə.ʁa\. 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 69504, this pair ranks #54,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remarquera vs remorquer
Shared letters: emqru. Private to "remarquera": a. Private to "remorquer": o.
"remarquera" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCV · "remorquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remarquera ← ermarquera · reamrquera · remaqruera · remarqeura · remarqquera · remarquear · remarquerra · remarqurea
- remorquer ← ermorquer · remmorquer · remoqruer · remorqeur · remorqquer · remorquerr · remorqure · remorrquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remarquera" and "remorquer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remarquera" vs "remorquer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remarquera" 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 #54,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remarquera" 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 #54,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.