Which to use
“manquée” is an adjective and “manquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,932
- “manquée” frequency rank
- #3,206
- “manquer” frequency rank
- 26138
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquée | manquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manqué. | Faillir ; tomber en faute. |
Same sound, different letters: manquée vs manquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: manquée vs manquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: manquée and manquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɑ̃.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquée is recorded at frequency rank #22,932, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.ke\. manquer is at rank #3,206, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.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 26138, this pair ranks #336,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manquée vs manquer
Shared letters: aemnqu. Private to "manquée": é. Private to "manquer": r.
"manquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "manquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manquer ← amnquer · mannquer · manqeur · manqquer · manquerr · manqure · manuqer · maqnuer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manquée" for "manquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "manquée" or "manquer"?
What to do next
"manquée" and "manquer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquée" and "manquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquée 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 #336,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.