Which to use
“effects” is a verb and “manu” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,305
- “effects” frequency rank
- #21,350
- “manu” frequency rank
- 45655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effects | manu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs effect | Akkusativ Singular des Pronomens mans „mein“ |
Letter map: effects vs manu
Shared letters muted; letters that set effects and manu apart highlighted. No shared letter run. effects runs 7 letters (VCCVCCC) against manu's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: effects vs manu
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: effects is averb and manuanunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effects is recorded at frequency rank #24,305, classified as averb, pronounced […]. manu is at rank #21,350, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].
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 45655, this pair ranks #1,345,619 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effects vs manu
Shared letters: none. Private to "effects": cefst. Private to "manu": amnu.
"effects" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "manu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effects" for "manu" ever safe?
Frequency check: "effects" vs "manu" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "effects" and "manu".
- Full dictionary entry for "effects" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,345,619 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effects" and "manu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effects vs puzzles". 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 #1,345,619 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.