manquezvsmarquéConfusable pair

Quick tell: manquez is a verb, marqué is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“manquez” is a verb and “marqué” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,312
“manquez” frequency rank
#2,046
“marqué” frequency rank
16358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manquez marqué
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer. Qui frappe la vue, l’attention, qui se fait remarquer, apparent, visible.

Where the eye mixes manquez and marqué

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
manquez
6 ch
marqué

Visual trap between manquez and marqué

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manquez is \mɑ̃.ke\ while marqué is \maʁ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manquez is recorded at frequency rank #14,312, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.ke\. marqué is at rank #2,046, 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 16358, this pair ranks #388,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manquez vs marqué

Shared letters: amqu. Private to "manquez": enz. Private to "marqué": .

"manquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "marqué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manquezamnquez · mannquez · manqeuz · manqquez · manquezz · manquze · manuqez · maqnuez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manquez" and "marqué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manquez" is a verb and "marqué" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "manquez" or "marqué"?
"marqué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,046 in our French list, against #14,312 for "manquez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "manquez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marqué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #388,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manquez" and "marqué" 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 #388,184 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