manquante

\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\

/\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“manquante” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,594
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de manquant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manquante · manquante · French

manquante · rank #31,594 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,594
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manivelle

Nearest frequency peer: manivelle (-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 « manquante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manquante » 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).

manquante vs manquent
78% similar
manquante vs marquant
78% similar
manquante vs masquant
78% similar

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

Key facts for manquante
PropertyValue
Headwordmanquante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,594
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manquante »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manivelle » (#31,593), « Marcelle » (#31,595), « malveillant » (#31,592). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manquante » est au #31,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around manquante (IPA \mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,594 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de manquant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for manquante, with forms such as "amnquante", "mannquante", and "manqaunte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "manquent", "marquant", "masquant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is manquante, spelled M-A-N-Q-U-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de manquant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On entend par là une molécule à laquelle on aurait tout d’abord fait une encoche à l’aide de DNAase, que l’on aurait ensuite laissé se décontorsionner, et à laquelle on aurait finalement rétabli la liaison manquante au niveau de l’encoche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnquante
  • mannquante
  • manqaunte
  • manqquante
  • manquanet
  • manquannte
  • manquantte
  • manquatne
  • manqunate
  • manuqante
  • maqnuante
  • mmanquante
  • mnaquante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manquante - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amnquante2mannquante1manqaunte2manqquante1manquanet2manquannte1manquantte1manquatne2
Edit distance from "manquante"

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 "manquante"?
"manquante" is spelled M-A-N-Q-U-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\.
What does "manquante" mean?
As an adjective, "manquante" means: Féminin singulier de manquant.
What words are commonly confused with "manquante"?
"manquante" is commonly confused with "manquent", "marquant", "masquant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manquante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manquante" is \mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manquante" come from?
"manquante" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list