manu vs mas, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“manu” is an unknown and “mas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,350
“manu” frequency rank: #17,981
“mas” frequency rank: 39331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	manu	mas
Definition	Akkusativ Singular des Pronomens mans „mein“	der Bauernhof, das Bauernhaus

Letter map: manu vs mas

Shared letters muted; letters that set manu and mas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

manu

3 ch

mas

Grammar separator: manu vs mas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: manu is anunknown and masanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manu is recorded at frequency rank #21,350, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. mas is at rank #17,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mas].

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 39331, this pair ranks #1,539,742 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manu vs mas

Shared letters: am. Private to "manu": nu. Private to "mas": s.

"manu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

manu ← amnu · mannu · maun · mmanu · mnau

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manu" and "mas" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manu" is an unknown and "mas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "manu" vs "mas" - which ranks higher?

"mas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,981 in our German list, against #21,350 for "manu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "manu" and "mas". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "manu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,539,742 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"manu" and "mas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manu 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 #1,539,742 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.