Which to use
“manch” is a pronoun and “manchem” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,102
- “manch” frequency rank
- #16,775
- “manchem” frequency rank
- 24877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manch | manchem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine in Zahl unbestimmte Menge | Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens manch |
Where the eye mixes manch and manchem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. manch runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against manchem's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: manch vs manchem
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manch is [manç] while manchem is [ˈmançəm]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “manch” sits inside “manchem”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manch is recorded at frequency rank #8,102, classified as apron, pronounced [manç]. manchem is at rank #16,775, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançəm].
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 24877, this pair ranks #1,841,343 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manch vs manchem
Shared letters: achmn. Private to "manch": -. Private to "manchem": e.
"manch" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "manchem" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manch" for "manchem" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manch" vs "manchem" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manch" and "manchem" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manchem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,841,343 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manch" and "manchem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manch vs month". 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 #1,841,343 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.