Which to use
“manqua” is a verb and “marqué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,544
- “manqua” frequency rank
- #2,046
- “marqué” frequency rank
- 45590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manqua | marqué |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de manquer. | Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible. |
Where the eye mixes manqua and marqué
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manqua is \mɑ̃.ka\ while marqué is \maʁ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manqua is recorded at frequency rank #43,544, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ka\. marqué is at rank #2,046, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 45590, this pair ranks #201,545 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manqua vs marqué
Shared letters: amqu. Private to "manqua": n. Private to "marqué": ré.
"manqua" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- manqua ← amnqua · mannqua · manqau · manqqua · manuqa · maqnua · mmanqua · mnaqua