Which to use
“mangent” and “manges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,590
- “mangent” frequency rank
- #10,901
- “manges” frequency rank
- 18491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangent | manges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manger. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger. |
Same sound, different letters: mangent vs manges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mangent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against manges's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mangent and manges
This is the hard kind. mangent and manges are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃ʒ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mangent is recorded at frequency rank #7,590, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃ʒ\. 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 18491, this pair ranks #378,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mangent vs manges
Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "mangent": t. Private to "manges": s.
"mangent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "manges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mangent" and "manges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mangent" or "manges" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "mangent" / "manges". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangent" 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 #378,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangent" and "manges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs manges". 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 #378,055 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.