manchevsManneWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#834
“manche” frequency rank
#41,334
“Manne” frequency rank
42168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manche Manne
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens manch Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mann

Where the eye mixes manche and Manne

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

6 ch
manche
5 ch
Manne

Why the eye confuses manche with Manne

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manche is [ˈmançə] while Manne is [ˈmanə]. 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 (unknown vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manche is recorded at frequency rank #834, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançə]. Manne is at rank #41,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmanə].

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 42168, this pair ranks #1,457,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manche vs Manne

Shared letters: aemn. Private to "manche": ch. Private to "Manne": -.

"manche" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "Manne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mancheamnche · macnhe · mancche · manceh · manchhe · manhce · mannche · mmanche
  • Manneamnne · mane · mmanne · mnane

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manche" and "Manne" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manche" is an unknown and "Manne" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "manche" or "Manne" show up more?
"manche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #834 in our German list, against #41,334 for "Manne". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Manne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,457,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manche" and "Manne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Manne vs Matze". 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 #1,457,543 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