mange

\mɑ̃ʒ\

/\mɑ̃ʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mange” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,323
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mange · mange · French

mange · rank #2,323 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,323
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH légèrement

Nearest frequency peer: légèrement (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mange »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mange » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mange vs mine
60% similar
mange vs mené
40% similar
mange vs Mans
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mange
PropertyValue
Headwordmange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɑ̃ʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,323
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mange »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mangese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « légèrement » (#2,322), « Original » (#2,324), « Lille » (#2,321). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mange » est au #2,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mange (IPA \mɑ̃ʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,323 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mange, with forms such as "amnge", "maneg", and "mangge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mine", "mené", "Mans", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mange, spelled M-A-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de manger.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de manger.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de manger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mange appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je ne me restreins pas ou pas souvent, et j’ai bien conscience d’être gros parce que je mange beaucoup.
  2. J’aime l’odeur du chou dans les maisons, le porc qu’on mange sur les toiles cirées, les « galettes-saucisses » enveloppées de papier sulfurisé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnge
  • maneg
  • mangge
  • mannge
  • mmange
  • mnage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mange - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amnge2maneg2mangge1mannge1mmange1mnage2
Edit distance from "mange"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mange"?
"mange" is spelled M-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃ʒ\.
What does "mange" mean?
As a verb, "mange" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger.
What words are commonly confused with "mange"?
"mange" is commonly confused with "mine", "mené", "Mans". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mange" is \mɑ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mange" come from?
"mange" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mange", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lille#2,321perso#2,326quasi#2,332dents#2,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fans6 variantsrusses6 variantsvélo6 variantspluie6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list