remarquésvsremorquerWhich spelling fits?

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

#35,682
“remarqués” frequency rank
#45,835
“remorquer” frequency rank
81517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarqués remorquer
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de remarquer. Traîner derrière soi, en parlant d'un bateau, des wagons, etc.

Where the eye mixes remarqués and remorquer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

9 ch
remarqués
9 ch
remorquer

Visual trap between remarqués and remorquer

A purely visual mix-up. remarqués (\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 81517, 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\. 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 81517, this pair ranks #18,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarqués vs remorquer

Shared letters: emqru. Private to "remarqués": asé. Private to "remorquer": o.

"remarqués" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "remorquer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remorquerermorquer · remmorquer · remoqruer · remorqeur · remorqquer · remorquerr · remorqure · remorrquer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remarqués" 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, "remarqués" or "remorquer"?
"remarqués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,682 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

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  • Full dictionary entry for "remarqués" 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 #18,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarqués" 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 #18,588 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