remarquésvsremarquonsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,682
“remarqués” frequency rank
#42,005
“remarquons” frequency rank
77687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarqués remarquons
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remarquer. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remarquer.

Where the eye mixes remarqués and remarquons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remarqués runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against remarquons's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
remarqués
10 ch
remarquons

Why the eye confuses remarqués with remarquons

A purely visual mix-up. remarqués (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\) and remarquons (\ʁə.maʁ.kɔ̃\) 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 77687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarqués is recorded at frequency rank #35,682, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.ke\. remarquons is at rank #42,005, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.maʁ.kɔ̃\.

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 77687, this pair ranks #27,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarqués vs remarquons

Shared letters: aemqrsu. Private to "remarqués": é. Private to "remarquons": no.

"remarqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "remarquons" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarquons ← ermarquons · reamrquons · remaqruons · remarqouns · remarqquons · remarqunos · remarquonns · remarquonss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarqués" for "remarquons" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.maʁ.ke\ versus \ʁə.maʁ.kɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remarqués" vs "remarquons" - which ranks higher?
"remarqués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,682 in our French list, against #42,005 for "remarquons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarqués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remarquons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarqués" and "remarquons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remarquant 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 #27,691 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