mangesvsmangeursTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,901
“manges” frequency rank
#32,893
“mangeurs” frequency rank
43794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manges mangeurs
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de manger. Pluriel de mangeur.

Where the eye mixes manges and mangeurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. manges runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mangeurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
manges
8 ch
mangeurs

Look-alike desk: manges vs mangeurs

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manges is \mɑ̃ʒ\ while mangeurs is \mɑ̃.ʒœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 43794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manges is recorded at frequency rank #10,901, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃ʒ\. mangeurs is at rank #32,893, 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 43794, this pair ranks #215,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manges vs mangeurs

Shared letters: aegmns. Private to "manges": -. Private to "mangeurs": ru.

"manges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "mangeurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mangesamnges · magnes · manegs · mangess · mangges · mangse · mannges · mmanges
  • mangeursamngeurs · magneurs · manegurs · mangerus · mangeurrs · mangeurss · mangeusr · manggeurs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manges" and "mangeurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manges" is a verb and "mangeurs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "manges" or "mangeurs" show up more?
"manges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,901 in our French list, against #32,893 for "mangeurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "manges" and "mangeurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mangeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manges" and "mangeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangeurs vs mangues". 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 #215,353 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