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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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- 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.