MachsvsmancheConfusable pair

Quick tell: Machs is a noun, manche is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Machs” is a noun and “manche” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,036
“Machs” frequency rank
#834
“manche” frequency rank
24870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Machs manche
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mach Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens manch

Where the eye mixes Machs and manche

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Machs
6 ch
manche

Visual trap between Machs and manche

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Machs is [maxs] while manche is [ˈmançə]. 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 unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Machs is recorded at frequency rank #24,036, classified as anoun, pronounced [maxs]. manche is at rank #834, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançə].

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 24870, this pair ranks #1,841,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Machs vs manche

Shared letters: achm. Private to "Machs": s. Private to "manche": en.

"Machs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "manche" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Machsamchs · macchs · machhs · machss · macsh · mahcs · mcahs · mmachs
  • mancheamnche · macnhe · mancche · manceh · manchhe · manhce · mannche · mmanche

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Machs" and "manche" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Machs" is a noun and "manche" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Machs" vs "manche" - which ranks higher?
"manche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #834 in our German list, against #24,036 for "Machs". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Machs" and "manche" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Machs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,841,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Machs" and "manche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Machs vs Mals". 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 #1,841,446 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list