Which to use
“maints” is an adjective and “mantes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,418
- “maints” frequency rank
- #21,689
- “mantes” frequency rank
- 59107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maints | mantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de maint. | Pluriel de mante. |
Where the eye mixes maints and mantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. maints (CVVCCC) and mantes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: maints vs mantes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maints is \mɛ̃\ while mantes is \mɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maints is recorded at frequency rank #37,418, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛ̃\. mantes is at rank #21,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃t\.
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 59107, this pair ranks #105,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maints vs mantes
Shared letters: amnst. Private to "maints": i. Private to "mantes": e.
"maints" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "mantes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maints" and "mantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "maints" vs "mantes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maints" and "mantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maints" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maints" and "mantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mainte vs maints". 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 #105,038 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.