Which to use
“manquait” and “manquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,783
- “manquait” frequency rank
- #4,778
- “manquent” frequency rank
- 10561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquait | manquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de manquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer. |
Where the eye mixes manquait and manquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: manquait vs manquent
A purely visual mix-up. manquait (\mɑ̃.kɛ\) and manquent (\mɑ̃k\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquait is recorded at frequency rank #5,783, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.kɛ\. manquent is at rank #4,778, tagged as averb, 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 10561, this pair ranks #412,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manquait vs manquent
Shared letters: amnqtu. Private to "manquait": i. Private to "manquent": e.
"manquait" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "manquent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "manquait" and "manquent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquait" and "manquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquait vs masquant". 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 #412,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.