mangesvsmangoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,901
“manges” frequency rank
#36,482
“mango” frequency rank
47383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manges mango
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif 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 manges and mango

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
manges
5 ch
mango

Visual trap between manges and mango

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manges is \mɑ̃ʒ\ 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 47383, 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\. 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 47383, this pair ranks #187,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manges vs mango

Shared letters: agmn. Private to "manges": es. Private to "mango": o.

"manges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mangesamnges · magnes · manegs · mangess · mangges · mangse · mannges · mmanges
  • mangoamngo · magno · manggo · manngo · manog · mmango · mnago

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manges" and "mango" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manges" is a verb and "mango" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "manges" or "mango"?
"manges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,901 in our French list, against #36,482 for "mango". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manges" 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 #187,416 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manges" 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 #187,416 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