MannevsMännernTell them apart

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“Manne” and “Männern” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,334
“Manne” frequency rank
#1,896
“Männern” frequency rank
43230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Manne Männern
Definition Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mann Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mann

Where the eye mixes Manne and Männern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Manne runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Männern's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Manne
7 ch
Männern

Look-alike desk: Manne vs Männern

A purely visual mix-up. Manne ([ˈmanə]) and Männern ([ˈmɛnɐn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Manne is recorded at frequency rank #41,334, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmanə]. Männern is at rank #1,896, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛnɐn].

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 43230, this pair ranks #1,424,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Manne vs Männern

Shared letters: emn. Private to "Manne": a. Private to "Männern": rä.

"Manne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Männern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Manne ← amnne · mane · mmanne · mnane

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Manne" and "Männern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmanə] versus [ˈmɛnɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Manne" vs "Männern" - which ranks higher?
"Männern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,896 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

Eye-level mix-up between "Manne" and "Männern" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Manne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Männern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,424,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Manne" and "Männern" 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 #1,424,626 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