manquent
\mɑ̃k\
The verdict
“manquent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,778. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,778
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manquent · manquent · French
manquent · rank #4,778 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,778
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH législation
Nearest frequency peer: législation (-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 « manquent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Louise
Louise
95,227 corpus weight
- lourde
lourde
95,226 corpus weight
- législation
législation
95,224 corpus weight
- manquent
manquent
95,223 corpus weight
- mesurer
mesurer
95,221 corpus weight
- Metz
Metz
95,220 corpus weight
What this shows « manquent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manquent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃k\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manquent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around manquent (IPA \mɑ̃k\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,778 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for manquent, with forms such as "amnquent", "mannquent", and "manqeunt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "manquer", "manques", "manquez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is manquent, spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de manquer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how manquent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les syndicats peuvent être fort utilement employés à faire de la propagande électorale ; il faut, pour les utiliser avec fruit, une certaine adresse, mais les politiciens ne manquent pas de légèreté de main.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amnquent
- mannquent
- manqeunt
- manqquent
- manquennt
- manquentt
- manquetn
- manqunet
- manuqent
- maqnuent
- mmanquent
- mnaquent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manquent - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "manquent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).