Which to use
“manquants” and “marquant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,245
- “manquants” frequency rank
- #9,036
- “marquant” frequency rank
- 37281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquants | marquant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de manquant. | Qui se fait remarquer par des caractères particuliers, en parlant des personnes ou des choses. |
Where the eye mixes manquants and marquant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between manquants and marquant
A purely visual mix-up. manquants (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) and marquant (\maʁ.kɑ̃\) 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 37281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquants is recorded at frequency rank #28,245, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.kɑ̃\. marquant is at rank #9,036, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.kɑ̃\.
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 37281, this pair ranks #263,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquants vs marquant
Shared letters: amnqtu. Private to "manquants": s. Private to "marquant": r.
"manquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "marquant" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manquants" and "marquant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "manquants" or "marquant"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquants" and "marquant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquants 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 #263,588 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.