MansvsMärzTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,771
“Mans” frequency rank
#621
“März” frequency rank
10392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mans März
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Man der dritte Monat im Jahr

Letter map: Mans vs März

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mans and März apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
Mans
4 ch
März

Pair insight - Mans / März

Mans and März 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mans is recorded at frequency rank #9,771, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. März is at rank #621, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɛʁt͡s].

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 10392, this pair ranks #1,975,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mans vs März

Shared letters: m. Private to "Mans": ans. Private to "März": rzä.

"Mans" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "März" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mansamns · manss · masn · mmans · mnas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mans" for "März" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Mans" or "März"?
"März" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #621 in our German list, against #9,771 for "Mans". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Mans" and "März".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "März" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,975,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mans" and "März" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mans vs puzzles". 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 #1,975,380 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