Which to use
“manger” and “mangez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #791
- “manger” frequency rank
- #13,424
- “mangez” frequency rank
- 14215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manger | mangez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mâcher et avaler un aliment dans le but de se nourrir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manger. |
Same sound, different letters: manger vs mangez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. manger and mangez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: manger vs mangez
This is the hard kind. manger 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 differ by a single letter - r in “manger” becomes z in “mangez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manger is recorded at frequency rank #791, 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 14215, this pair ranks #397,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manger vs mangez
Shared letters: aegmn. Private to "manger": r. Private to "mangez": z.
"manger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mangez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manger" for "mangez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manger" vs "mangez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"manger" and "mangez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "manger" 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 #397,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manger" and "mangez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs mangez". 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 #397,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.