Which to use
“manchen” and “mancher” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,117
- “manchen” frequency rank
- #5,102
- “mancher” frequency rank
- 7219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manchen | mancher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens manch | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens manch |
Where the eye mixes manchen and mancher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses manchen with mancher
A purely visual mix-up. manchen ([ˈmançn̩]) and mancher ([ˈmançɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “manchen” becomes r in “mancher”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manchen is recorded at frequency rank #2,117, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançn̩]. mancher is at rank #5,102, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançɐ].
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 7219, this pair ranks #1,988,968 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manchen vs mancher
Shared letters: acehmn. Private to "manchen": -. Private to "mancher": r.
"manchen" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "mancher" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manchen" for "mancher" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manchen" vs "mancher" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "manchen" and "mancher" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "manchen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mancher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,988,968 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manchen" and "mancher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Machern vs mancher". 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 #1,988,968 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.