Which to use
“manquant” and “manquantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,617
- “manquant” frequency rank
- #30,697
- “manquantes” frequency rank
- 43314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquant | manquantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en moins, qui n’est pas là où il devrait se trouver. | Féminin pluriel de manquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquant and manquantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. manquant runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against manquantes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between manquant and manquantes
A purely visual mix-up. manquant (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) and manquantes (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “manquant” sits inside “manquantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43314, 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\. manquantes is at rank #30,697, 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 43314, this pair ranks #219,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquant vs manquantes
Shared letters: amnqtu. Private to "manquant": -. Private to "manquantes": es.
"manquant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "manquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manquant ← amnquant · mannquant · manqaunt · manqquant · manquannt · manquantt · manquatn · manqunat
- manquantes ← amnquantes · mannquantes · manqauntes · manqquantes · manquanets · manquanntes · manquantess · manquantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquant" and "manquantes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "manquant" or "manquantes" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manquantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquant" and "manquantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquante vs manquantes". 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 #219,026 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.