manqueraitvsmanquerontWhich spelling fits?

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

#19,340
“manquerait” frequency rank
#27,122
“manqueront” frequency rank
46462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manquerait manqueront
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de manquer. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de manquer.

Where the eye mixes manquerait and manqueront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
manquerait
10 ch
manqueront

Visual trap between manquerait and manqueront

A purely visual mix-up. manquerait (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\) and manqueront (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manquerait is recorded at frequency rank #19,340, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\. manqueront is at rank #27,122, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɔ̃\.

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 46462, this pair ranks #194,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manquerait vs manqueront

Shared letters: aemnqrtu. Private to "manquerait": i. Private to "manqueront": o.

"manquerait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVVC  ·  "manqueront" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manqueraitamnquerait · mannquerait · manqeurait · manqquerait · manquearit · manqueraitt · manquerati · manqueriat
  • manquerontamnqueront · mannqueront · manqeuront · manqqueront · manqueornt · manquernot · manqueronnt · manquerontt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manquerait" and "manqueront" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\ versus \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "manquerait" or "manqueront"?
"manquerait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,340 in our French list, against #27,122 for "manqueront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "manquerait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manqueront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manquerait" and "manqueront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manquerai vs manquerait". 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 #194,749 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