Which to use
“manquants” and “marquantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,245
- “manquants” frequency rank
- #28,644
- “marquantes” frequency rank
- 56889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquants | marquantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de manquant. | Féminin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquants and marquantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. manquants runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCC) 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 manquants with marquantes
A purely visual mix-up. manquants (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) 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 56889, 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\. 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 56889, this pair ranks #118,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquants vs marquantes
Shared letters: amnqstu. Private to "manquants": -. Private to "marquantes": er.
"manquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "marquantes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manquants ← amnquants · mannquants · manqaunts · manqquants · manquannts · manquanst · manquantss · manquantts
- marquantes ← amrquantes · maqruantes · marqauntes · marqquantes · marquanets · marquanntes · marquantess · marquantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquants" and "marquantes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "manquants" or "marquantes"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquants" 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 #118,310 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquants" and "marquantes" 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 #118,310 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.