Which to use
“manquant” and “manquante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,617
- “manquant” frequency rank
- #31,594
- “manquante” frequency rank
- 44211
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquant | manquante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en moins, qui n’est pas là où il devrait se trouver. | Féminin singulier de manquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquant and manquante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses manquant with manquante
A purely visual mix-up. manquant (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) and manquante (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “manquant” sits inside “manquante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44211, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquant is recorded at frequency rank #12,617, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.kɑ̃\. manquante is at rank #31,594, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\.
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 44211, this pair ranks #212,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquant vs manquante
Shared letters: amnqtu. Private to "manquant": -. Private to "manquante": e.
"manquant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "manquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manquant" and "manquante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "manquant" or "manquante"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manquant" and "manquante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manquante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquant" and "manquante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquante 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 #212,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.