Which to use
“manque” is a noun and “marquée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #584
- “manque” frequency rank
- #4,507
- “marquée” frequency rank
- 5091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manque | marquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Absence, défaut, fait de manquer. | Féminin singulier de marqué. |
Where the eye mixes manque and marquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses manque with marquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manque is \mɑ̃k\ while marquée is \maʁ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manque is recorded at frequency rank #584, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃k\. marquée is at rank #4,507, tagged as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.ke\.
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 5091, this pair ranks #429,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manque vs marquée
Shared letters: aemqu. Private to "manque": n. Private to "marquée": ré.
"manque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- manque ← amnque · mannque · manqeu · manqque · manuqe · maqnue · mmanque · mnaque
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manque" and "marquée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "manque" or "marquée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "manque" and "marquée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manque" and "marquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marquée vs moquée". 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 #429,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.