Which to use
“mangée” and “manger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,040
- “mangée” frequency rank
- #791
- “manger” frequency rank
- 36831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangée | manger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de manger. | Mâcher et avaler un aliment dans le but de se nourrir. |
Same sound, different letters: mangée vs manger
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mangée (CVCCVV) and manger (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - mangée / manger
This is the hard kind. mangée and manger are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.ʒe\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mangée is recorded at frequency rank #36,040, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒe\. manger is at rank #791, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒe\.
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 36831, this pair ranks #266,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangée vs manger
Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "mangée": é. Private to "manger": r.
"mangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "manger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manger ← amnger · magner · manegr · mangerr · mangger · mangre · mannger · mmanger
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mangée" and "manger" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mangée" vs "manger" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"mangée" and "manger" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangée" and "manger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs mangée". 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 #266,835 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.