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“manquante” and “marquante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,594
- “manquante” frequency rank
- #29,854
- “marquante” frequency rank
- 61448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquante | marquante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manquant. | Féminin singulier de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquante and marquante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. manquante and marquante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: manquante vs marquante
A purely visual mix-up. manquante (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\) and marquante (\maʁ.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 a single letter - n in “manquante” becomes r in “marquante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61448, 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\. marquante is at rank #29,854, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.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 61448, this pair ranks #92,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manquante vs marquante
Shared letters: aemnqtu. Private to "manquante": -. Private to "marquante": r.
"manquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "marquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manquante" for "marquante" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "manquante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,234 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquante" and "marquante" 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 #92,234 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.