Which to use
“malgré” is a preposition and “mangue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #556
- “malgré” frequency rank
- #27,121
- “mangue” frequency rank
- 27677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malgré | mangue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contre le vouloir de quelqu’un, contre le gré de. | Fruit comestible tropical du manguier, de la famille des anacardiacées. C’est une drupe charnue à la chair jaune et sucrée, à la peau verte, jaune ou rouge et contenant un noyau plat et large sur lequel la chair adhère bien. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set malgré and mangue apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: malgré is \mal.ɡʁe\ while mangue is \mɑ̃ɡ\. 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 (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malgré is recorded at frequency rank #556, classified as aprep, pronounced \mal.ɡʁe\. mangue is at rank #27,121, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃ɡ\.
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 27677, this pair ranks #327,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malgré vs mangue
Shared letters: agm. Private to "malgré": lré. Private to "mangue": enu.
"malgré" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mangue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mangue ← amngue · magnue · mangeu · manggue · manngue · manuge · mmangue · mnague
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering malgré vs mangue
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a preposition, it's “malgré”; for a noun, it's “mangue”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “malgré” entry
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