Which to use
“manquera” and “manquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,630
- “manquera” frequency rank
- #14,312
- “manquez” frequency rank
- 27942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquera | manquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de manquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer. |
Where the eye mixes manquera and manquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. manquera runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against manquez's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between manquera and manquez
A purely visual mix-up. manquera (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁa\) and manquez (\mɑ̃.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 27942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manquera is recorded at frequency rank #13,630, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.kə.ʁa\. manquez is at rank #14,312, 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 27942, this pair ranks #325,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquera vs manquez
Shared letters: aemnqu. Private to "manquera": r. Private to "manquez": z.
"manquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "manquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manquera" and "manquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "manquera" or "manquez" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquera" and "manquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangues vs manquez". 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 #325,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.