manquée vs marqué, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“manquée” and “marqué” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,932
“manquée” frequency rank: #2,046
“marqué” frequency rank: 24978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	manquée	marqué
Definition	Féminin singulier de manqué.	Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible.

Where the eye mixes manquée and marqué

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch

manquée

6 ch

marqué

Look-alike desk: manquée vs marqué

A purely visual mix-up. manquée (\mɑ̃.ke\) and marqué (\maʁ.ke\) 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 24978, 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\. marqué is at rank #2,046, 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 24978, this pair ranks #343,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manquée vs marqué

Shared letters: amqué. Private to "manquée": en. Private to "marqué": r.

"manquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manquée" for "marqué" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.ke\ versus \maʁ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

In ordinary French text, does "manquée" or "marqué" show up more?

"marqué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,046 in our French list, against #22,932 for "manquée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "manquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "marqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #343,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"manquée" and "marqué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquée vs moquée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #343,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.