Which to use
“manquants” and “marquante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,245
- “manquants” frequency rank
- #29,854
- “marquante” frequency rank
- 58099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquants | marquante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de manquant. | Féminin singulier de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquants and marquante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. manquants (CVCCVVCCC) and marquante (CVCCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between manquants and marquante
A purely visual mix-up. manquants (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58099, 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\. 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 58099, this pair ranks #111,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manquants vs marquante
Shared letters: amnqtu. Private to "manquants": s. Private to "marquante": er.
"manquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "marquante" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquants" and "marquante" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "manquants" or "marquante"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "manquants" and "marquante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquants" 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 #111,035 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquants" and "marquante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquante 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 #111,035 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.