Which to use
“Mans” is a noun and “mus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,771
- “Mans” frequency rank
- #22,072
- “mus” frequency rank
- 31843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mans | mus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Man | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs musen |
Letter map: Mans vs mus
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mans and mus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Mans / mus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mans is anoun and musaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mans is recorded at frequency rank #9,771, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mus is at rank #22,072, tagged as averb, pronounced [muːs].
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 31843, this pair ranks #1,719,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mans vs mus
Shared letters: ms. Private to "Mans": an. Private to "mus": u.
"Mans" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mus" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mans ← amns · manss · masn · mmans · mnas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mans" for "mus" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Mans" or "mus" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "Mans" vs "mus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,719,895 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mans" and "mus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs mus". 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 #1,719,895 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.