Which to use
“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.
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
- remorquer ← ermorquer · remmorquer · remoqruer · remorqeur · remorqquer · remorquerr · remorqure · remorrquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remarqués" and "remorquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "remarqués" or "remorquer"?
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 "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.