Which to use
“manquez” and “marquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,312
- “manquez” frequency rank
- #19,592
- “marquez” frequency rank
- 33904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manquez | marquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de manquer. | Indicatif présent, deuxième personne, du verbe marquer. |
Where the eye mixes manquez and marquez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. manquez and marquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: manquez vs marquez
A purely visual mix-up. manquez (\mɑ̃.ke\) and marquez (\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 differ by a single letter - n in “manquez” becomes r in “marquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33904, 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\. marquez is at rank #19,592, 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 33904, this pair ranks #287,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manquez vs marquez
Shared letters: aemquz. Private to "manquez": n. Private to "marquez": r.
"manquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "marquez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manquez" and "marquez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "manquez" vs "marquez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "manquez" and "marquez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manquez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manquez" and "marquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mariez vs marquez". 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 #287,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.