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

#13,630
“manquera” frequency rank
#21,076
“marquera” frequency rank
34706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manquera marquera
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de manquer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de marquer.

Where the eye mixes manquera and marquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
manquera
8 ch
marquera

Visual trap between manquera and marquera

A purely visual mix-up. manquera (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁa\) and marquera (\maʁ.kə.ʁa\) 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 “manquera” becomes r in “marquera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34706, 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\. marquera is at rank #21,076, tagged as averb, pronounced \maʁ.kə.ʁa\.

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 34706, this pair ranks #281,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manquera vs marquera

Shared letters: aemqru. Private to "manquera": n. Private to "marquera": -.

"manquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV  ·  "marquera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manqueraamnquera · mannquera · manqeura · manqquera · manquear · manquerra · manqurea · manuqera
  • marqueraamrquera · maqruera · marqeura · marqquera · marquear · marquerra · marqurea · marrquera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manquera" for "marquera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁa\ versus \maʁ.kə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "manquera" vs "marquera" - which ranks higher?
"manquera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,630 in our French list, against #21,076 for "marquera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manquera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manquera" and "marquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariera vs marquera". 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 #281,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list