Which to use
“mangée” is a verb and “mango” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,040
- “mangée” frequency rank
- #36,482
- “mango” frequency rank
- 72522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangée | mango |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de manger. | Genre d’oiseaux-mouches à la fois nectarivores et insectivores, comprenant sept espèces de la sous-famille des trochilinés (e.g. « colibris ») au plumage iridescent aux couleurs métalliques riches mais sombres, comportant généralement une longue plage pectorale noire courant des côtés de la gorge jusqu’au ventre, au bec long et nettement incurvé vers le bas, et dont les rectrices possèdent des couleurs vives caractéristiques, que l’on rencontre dans divers habitats ouverts, des mangroves aux savanes de toute l’écozone néotropicale (genre Anthracothorax). |
Where the eye mixes mangée and mango
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mangée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against mango's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mangée vs mango
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mangée is \mɑ̃.ʒe\ while mango is \mɑ̃.go\. 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 72522, 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\. mango is at rank #36,482, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.go\.
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 72522, this pair ranks #43,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mangée vs mango
Shared letters: agmn. Private to "mangée": eé. Private to "mango": o.
"mangée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mango ← amngo · magno · manggo · manngo · manog · mmango · mnago
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mangée" for "mango" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mangée" or "mango" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mango" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangée" and "mango" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mango vs Munro". 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 #43,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.