Which to use
“manque” and “marques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #584
- “manque” frequency rank
- #2,838
- “marques” frequency rank
- 3422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manque | marques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Absence, défaut, fait de manquer. | Pluriel de marque. |
Where the eye mixes manque and marques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: manque vs marques
A purely visual mix-up. manque (\mɑ̃k\) and marques (\maʁk\) 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 3422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manque is recorded at frequency rank #584, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃k\. marques is at rank #2,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\.
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 3422, this pair ranks #434,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manque vs marques
Shared letters: aemqu. Private to "manque": n. Private to "marques": rs.
"manque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "marques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manque" for "marques" ever safe?
Which is more common, "manque" or "marques"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "manque" and "marques" 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 "marques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manque" and "marques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marques vs moqués". 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 #434,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.