Which to use
“manque” and “manques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #584
- “manque” frequency rank
- #8,882
- “manques” frequency rank
- 9466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manque | manques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Absence, défaut, fait de manquer. | Pluriel de manque. |
Same sound, different letters: manque vs manques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: manque vs manques
This is the hard kind. manque and manques are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃k\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “manque” sits inside “manques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manque is recorded at frequency rank #584, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃k\. manques is at rank #8,882, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃k\.
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 9466, this pair ranks #416,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manque vs manques
Shared letters: aemnqu. Private to "manque": -. Private to "manques": s.
"manque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "manques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "manque" vs "manques" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "manque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manque" and "manques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maniaques vs manques". 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 #416,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.