Which to use
“manquante” and “manquantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,594
- “manquante” frequency rank
- #30,697
- “manquantes” frequency rank
- 62291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquante | manquantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manquant. | Féminin pluriel de manquant. |
Same sound, different letters: manquante vs manquantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. manquante runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against manquantes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - manquante / manquantes
This is the hard kind. manquante and manquantes are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “manquante” sits inside “manquantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquante is recorded at frequency rank #31,594, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\. 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 62291, this pair ranks #87,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manquante vs manquantes
Shared letters: aemnqtu. Private to "manquante": -. Private to "manquantes": s.
"manquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "manquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manquante ← amnquante · mannquante · manqaunte · manqquante · manquanet · manquannte · manquantte · manquatne
- manquantes ← amnquantes · mannquantes · manqauntes · manqquantes · manquanets · manquanntes · manquantess · manquantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquante" and "manquantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "manquante" or "manquantes"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "manquante" / "manquantes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquante" 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 #87,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquante" and "manquantes" 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 #87,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.