MalsvsMannsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Mals is a name, Manns is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mals” is a name and “Manns” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,319
“Mals” frequency rank
#25,656
“Manns” frequency rank
73975
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mals Manns
Definition eine Gemeinde in Südtirol Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mann

Letter map: Mals vs Manns

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mals and Manns apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Mals runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Manns's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Mals
5 ch
Manns

Role in the sentence - Mals and Manns

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mals is aname and Mannsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mals is recorded at frequency rank #48,319, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Manns is at rank #25,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mans].

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 73975, this pair ranks #345,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Mals vs Manns

Shared letters: ams. Private to "Mals": l. Private to "Manns": n.

"Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Manns" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mals ← amls · malls · malss · masl · mlas · mmals
  • Manns ← amnns · mannss · mansn · mmanns · mnans

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mals" and "Manns" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mals" is a name and "Manns" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mals" or "Manns" show up more?
"Manns" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,656 in our German list, against #48,319 for "Mals". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Mals" and "Manns". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mals" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Manns" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #345,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mals" and "Manns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals 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 #345,852 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