manufacturevsmanufacturésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: manufacture is a noun, manufacturés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“manufacture” is a noun and “manufacturés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,726
“manufacture” frequency rank
#34,614
“manufacturés” frequency rank
49340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manufacture manufacturés
Definition Fabrication manuelle de certains produits de l’artisanat et de l’industrie. Masculin pluriel de manufacturé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set manufacture and manufacturés apart are highlighted. They share 10 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch
manufacture
12 ch
manufacturés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manufacture is \ma.ny.fak.tyʁ\ while manufacturés is \ma.ny.fak.ty.ʁe\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manufacture is recorded at frequency rank #14,726, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ny.fak.tyʁ\. manufacturés is at rank #34,614, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ma.ny.fak.ty.ʁe\.

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 49340, this pair ranks #171,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manufacture vs manufacturés

Shared letters: acfmnrtu. Private to "manufacture": e. Private to "manufacturés": .

"manufacture" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCV  ·  "manufacturés" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manufactureamnufacture · manfuacture · mannufacture · manuafcture · manufaccture · manufactrue · manufactture · manufactuer

Frequency comparison

manufacture#14,726
manufacturés#34,614

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manufacture" and "manufacturés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manufacture" is a noun and "manufacturés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "manufacture" or "manufacturés"?
"manufacture" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,726 in our French list, against #34,614 for "manufacturés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering manufacture vs manufacturés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “manufacture”; for an adjective, it's “manufacturés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “manufacture” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list