Which to use
“manquée” and “marquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,932
- “manquée” frequency rank
- #12,418
- “marquées” frequency rank
- 35350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquée | marquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manqué. | Féminin pluriel de marqué. |
Where the eye mixes manquée and marquées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. manquée runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against marquées's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses manquée with marquées
A purely visual mix-up. manquée (\mɑ̃.ke\) and marquées (\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 35350, 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\. marquées is at rank #12,418, 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 35350, this pair ranks #277,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquée vs marquées
Shared letters: aemqué. Private to "manquée": n. Private to "marquées": rs.
"manquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "marquées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manquée" and "marquées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "manquée" or "marquées" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manquée" and "marquées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquée" and "marquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquée vs moquée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #277,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.