Mansvsshe'sWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Mans is a noun, she's is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mans” is a noun and “she's” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,771
“Mans” frequency rank
#48,483
“she's” frequency rank
58254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mans she's
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Man she is: sie ist

Letter map: Mans vs she's

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mans and she's apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Mans (CVCC) and she's (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Mans
5 ch
she's

Part-of-speech tell for Mans / she's

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mans is anoun and she'sanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mans is recorded at frequency rank #9,771, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. she's is at rank #48,483, tagged as anabbrev, 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 58254, this pair ranks #869,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mans vs she's

Shared letters: s. Private to "Mans": amn. Private to "she's": eh.

"Mans" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mans ← amns · manss · masn · mmans · mnas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Mans" and "she's" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mans" is a noun and "she's" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Mans" vs "she's" - which ranks higher?
"Mans" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,771 in our German list, against #48,483 for "she's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Mans" and "she's". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "she's" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #869,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mans" and "she's" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs she's". 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 #869,921 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