Which to use
“mangée” and “mangez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,040
- “mangée” frequency rank
- #13,424
- “mangez” frequency rank
- 49464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangée | mangez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de manger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manger. |
Same sound, different letters: mangée vs mangez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mangée (CVCCVV) and mangez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - mangée / mangez
This is the hard kind. mangée and mangez 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 49464, 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\. mangez is at rank #13,424, 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 49464, this pair ranks #170,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangée vs mangez
Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "mangée": é. Private to "mangez": z.
"mangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mangez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mangez ← amngez · magnez · manegz · mangezz · manggez · mangze · manngez · mmangez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mangée" and "mangez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mangée" vs "mangez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "mangée" / "mangez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mangez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangée" and "mangez" 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 #170,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.