manuvsMinusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: manu is a unknown, Minus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,350
“manu” frequency rank
#6,089
“Minus” frequency rank
27439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manu Minus
Definition Akkusativ Singular des Pronomens mans „mein“ Fehlendes bei einer Abrechnung

Letter map: manu vs Minus

Shared letters muted; letters that set manu and Minus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
manu
5 ch
Minus

Part-of-speech tell for manu / Minus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: manu is anunknown and Minusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manu is recorded at frequency rank #21,350, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. Minus is at rank #6,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːnʊs].

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 27439, this pair ranks #1,801,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manu vs Minus

Shared letters: mnu. Private to "manu": a. Private to "Minus": is.

"manu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Minus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manuamnu · mannu · maun · mmanu · mnau
  • Minusimnus · minnus · minsu · minuss · miuns · mminus · mnius

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manu" and "Minus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manu" is an unknown and "Minus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "manu" or "Minus"?
"Minus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,089 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "manu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Minus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,801,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manu" and "Minus" 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 #1,801,774 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