Which to use
“mangée” and “manges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,040
- “mangée” frequency rank
- #10,901
- “manges” frequency rank
- 46941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangée | manges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de manger. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger. |
Where the eye mixes mangée and manges
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mangée (CVCCVV) and manges (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: mangée vs manges
A purely visual mix-up. mangée (\mɑ̃.ʒe\) and manges (\mɑ̃ʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46941, 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\. manges is at rank #10,901, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃ʒ\.
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 46941, this pair ranks #190,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangée vs manges
Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "mangée": é. Private to "manges": s.
"mangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "manges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manges ← amnges · magnes · manegs · mangess · mangges · mangse · mannges · mmanges
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mangée" and "manges" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mangée" or "manges" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mangée" and "manges" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangée" and "manges" 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 #190,850 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.