Which to use
“manches” is an unknown and “Maschen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,560
- “manches” frequency rank
- #23,614
- “Maschen” frequency rank
- 30174
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manches | Maschen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum des Indefinitpronomens manch | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Masche |
Where the eye mixes manches and Maschen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. manches and Maschen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between manches and Maschen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manches is [ˈmançəs] while Maschen is [ˈmaʃn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manches is recorded at frequency rank #6,560, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmançəs]. Maschen is at rank #23,614, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaʃn̩].
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 30174, this pair ranks #1,752,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manches vs Maschen
Shared letters: acehmns. Private to "manches": -. Private to "Maschen": -.
"manches" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "Maschen" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manches" and "Maschen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "manches" or "Maschen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "manches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Maschen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,752,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manches" and "Maschen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Märsche vs Maschen". 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 #1,752,977 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.