Which to use
“manquez” and “marquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,312
- “manquez” frequency rank
- #3,778
- “marquer” frequency rank
- 18090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquez | marquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer. | Distinguer une chose d’une autre au moyen d’une marque. |
Where the eye mixes manquez and marquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses manquez with marquer
A purely visual mix-up. manquez (\mɑ̃.ke\) and marquer (\maʁ.ke\) 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 18090, 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\. marquer is at rank #3,778, tagged as averb, 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 18090, this pair ranks #380,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manquez vs marquer
Shared letters: aemqu. Private to "manquez": nz. Private to "marquer": r.
"manquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "marquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manquez" and "marquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "manquez" or "marquer" show up more?
Useful next steps
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 "marquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquez" and "marquer" 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 #380,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.