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

#26,962
“manning” frequency rank
#27,564
“waggons” frequency rank
54526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manning waggons
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs man 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs waggon

Letter map: manning vs waggons

Shared letters muted; letters that set manning and waggons apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. manning and waggons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
manning
7 ch
waggons

Corpus notes: manning and waggons

manning and waggons are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manning is recorded at frequency rank #26,962, classified as averb, pronounced […]. waggons is at rank #27,564, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 54526, this pair ranks #1,015,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manning vs waggons

Shared letters: agn. Private to "manning": im. Private to "waggons": osw.

"manning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "waggons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manningamnning · maning · maninng · mannign · manningg · manninng · mannnig · mmanning
  • waggonsawggons · waggnos · waggonns · waggonss · waggosn · wagogns · wagons · wgagons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manning" and "waggons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "manning" vs "waggons" - which ranks higher?
"manning" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,962 in our German list, against #27,564 for "waggons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "manning" and "waggons". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "waggons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,015,468 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manning" and "waggons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs waggons". 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 #1,015,468 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