mangéevsmangeurWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mangée is a verb, mangeur is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mangée” is a verb and “mangeur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,040
“mangée” frequency rank
#31,131
“mangeur” frequency rank
67171
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mangée mangeur
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de manger. Celui qui mange.

Where the eye mixes mangée and mangeur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mangée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against mangeur's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
mangée
7 ch
mangeur

Look-alike desk: mangée vs mangeur

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mangée is \mɑ̃.ʒe\ while mangeur is \mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67171, 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\. mangeur is at rank #31,131, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\.

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 67171, this pair ranks #64,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mangée vs mangeur

Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "mangée": é. Private to "mangeur": ru.

"mangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "mangeur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mangeur ← amngeur · magneur · manegur · mangeru · mangeurr · manggeur · manguer · manngeur

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mangée" and "mangeur" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mangée" is a verb and "mangeur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mangée" vs "mangeur" - which ranks higher?
"mangeur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,131 in our French list, against #36,040 for "mangée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mangeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mangée" and "mangeur" 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 #64,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list