Which to use
“manteau” and “manteaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,476
- “manteau” frequency rank
- #16,671
- “manteaux” frequency rank
- 22147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manteau | manteaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vêtement de dessus qui prend depuis les épaules jusqu’au-dessous des genoux et sert à se garantir de la pluie et du froid. | Pluriel de manteau. |
Same sound, different letters: manteau vs manteaux
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. manteau runs 7 letters (CVCCVVV) against manteaux's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - manteau and manteaux
This is the hard kind. manteau and manteaux are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.to\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “manteau” sits inside “manteaux”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manteau is recorded at frequency rank #5,476, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.to\. manteaux is at rank #16,671, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.to\.
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 22147, this pair ranks #359,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manteau vs manteaux
Shared letters: aemntu. Private to "manteau": -. Private to "manteaux": x.
"manteau" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "manteaux" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manteau" and "manteaux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "manteau" or "manteaux" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "manteau" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manteaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manteau" and "manteaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mante vs manteau". 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 #359,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.