manques

\mɑ̃k\

/\mɑ̃k\/ noun

The verdict

“manques” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,882
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de manque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manques · manques · French

manques · rank #8,882 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,882
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manipuler

Nearest frequency peer: manipuler (-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 « manques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manques » 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).

manques vs marqué
57% similar
manques vs manuel
71% similar
manques vs masque
71% similar

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

Key facts for manques
PropertyValue
Headwordmanques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃k\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,882
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manques »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).manquesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manipuler » (#8,881), « marchent » (#8,883), « maine » (#8,880). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manques » est au #8,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around manques (IPA \mɑ̃k\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,882 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de manque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for manques, with forms such as "amnques", "mannques", and "manqeus". 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, "marqué", "manuel", "masque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is manques, spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de manque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des manques, des mauvais choix, des retards et surtout aucune proactivité, aucune modification de doctrine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnques
  • mannques
  • manqeus
  • manqques
  • manquess
  • manquse
  • manuqes
  • maqnues
  • mmanques
  • mnaques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amnques2mannques1manqeus2manqques1manquess1manquse2manuqes2maqnues2
Edit distance from "manques"

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 "manques"?
"manques" is spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃k\.
What does "manques" mean?
As a noun, "manques" means: Pluriel de manque.
What words are commonly confused with "manques"?
"manques" is commonly confused with "marqué", "manuel", "masque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manques" is \mɑ̃k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manques" come from?
"manques" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list