Which to use
“mangue” and “manques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,121
- “mangue” frequency rank
- #8,882
- “manques” frequency rank
- 36003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mangue | manques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit comestible tropical du manguier, de la famille des anacardiacées. C’est une drupe charnue à la chair jaune et sucrée, à la peau verte, jaune ou rouge et contenant un noyau plat et large sur lequel la chair adhère bien. | Pluriel de manque. |
Where the eye mixes mangue and manques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mangue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against manques's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mangue vs manques
A purely visual mix-up. mangue (\mɑ̃ɡ\) and manques (\mɑ̃k\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mangue is recorded at frequency rank #27,121, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃ɡ\. manques is at rank #8,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃k\.
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 36003, this pair ranks #272,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mangue vs manques
Shared letters: aemnu. Private to "mangue": g. Private to "manques": qs.
"mangue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "manques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mangue" and "manques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mangue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,692 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mangue" and "manques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs mangue". 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 #272,692 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.