Which to use
“manquante” and “marquantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,594
- “manquante” frequency rank
- #28,644
- “marquantes” frequency rank
- 60238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquante | marquantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manquant. | Féminin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquante and marquantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. manquante runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against marquantes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses manquante with marquantes
A purely visual mix-up. manquante (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃t\) and marquantes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60238, 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\. marquantes is at rank #28,644, 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 60238, this pair ranks #98,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manquante vs marquantes
Shared letters: aemnqtu. Private to "manquante": -. Private to "marquantes": rs.
"manquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "marquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manquante ← amnquante · mannquante · manqaunte · manqquante · manquanet · manquannte · manquantte · manquatne
- marquantes ← amrquantes · maqruantes · marqauntes · marqquantes · marquanets · marquanntes · marquantess · marquantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manquante" for "marquantes" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "manquante" and "marquantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquante" and "marquantes" 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 #98,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.