Which to use
“manquants” and “marquants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,245
- “manquants” frequency rank
- #19,068
- “marquants” frequency rank
- 47313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquants | marquants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de manquant. | Masculin pluriel de marquant. |
Where the eye mixes manquants and marquants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. manquants and marquants follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between manquants and marquants
A purely visual mix-up. manquants (\mɑ̃.kɑ̃\) and marquants (\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 a single letter - n in “manquants” becomes r in “marquants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47313, 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\. marquants is at rank #19,068, 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 47313, this pair ranks #187,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquants vs marquants
Shared letters: amnqstu. Private to "manquants": -. Private to "marquants": r.
"manquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC · "marquants" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquants" and "marquants" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "manquants" vs "marquants" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "marquants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquants" and "marquants" 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 #187,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.