Which to use
“manquée” and “masquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,932
- “manquée” frequency rank
- #33,345
- “masquée” frequency rank
- 56277
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquée | masquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de manqué. | Féminin singulier de masqué. |
Where the eye mixes manquée and masquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. manquée and masquée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: manquée vs masquée
A purely visual mix-up. manquée (\mɑ̃.ke\) and masquée (\mas.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 a single letter - n in “manquée” becomes s in “masquée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56277, 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\. masquée is at rank #33,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mas.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 56277, this pair ranks #122,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquée vs masquée
Shared letters: aemqué. Private to "manquée": n. Private to "masquée": s.
"manquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "masquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquée" and "masquée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "manquée" vs "masquée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manquée" and "masquée" 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 "masquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquée" and "masquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquée vs moquée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #122,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.