Which to use
“mangeais” and “mangeait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,034
- “mangeais” frequency rank
- #19,066
- “mangeait” frequency rank
- 44100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangeais | mangeait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manger. |
Same sound, different letters: mangeais vs mangeait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mangeais and mangeait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mangeais / mangeait
This is the hard kind. mangeais and mangeait are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.ʒɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “mangeais” becomes t in “mangeait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mangeais is recorded at frequency rank #25,034, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒɛ\. mangeait is at rank #19,066, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒɛ\.
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 44100, this pair ranks #213,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangeais vs mangeait
Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "mangeais": s. Private to "mangeait": t.
"mangeais" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "mangeait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mangeais" for "mangeait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mangeais" or "mangeait"?
After this comparison
"mangeais" and "mangeait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangeais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mangeait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangeais" and "mangeait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangeais vs mangerai". 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 #213,059 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.