manuvsvoicesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#21,350
“manu” frequency rank
#37,294
“voices” frequency rank
58644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manu voices
Definition Akkusativ Singular des Pronomens mans „mein“ 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice

Letter map: manu vs voices

Shared letters muted; letters that set manu and voices apart highlighted. No shared letter run. manu runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
manu
6 ch
voices

Part-of-speech tell for manu / voices

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: manu is anunknown and voicesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manu is recorded at frequency rank #21,350, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. voices is at rank #37,294, tagged as averb, 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 58644, this pair ranks #854,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manu vs voices

Shared letters: none. Private to "manu": amnu. Private to "voices": ceiosv.

"manu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manu ← amnu · mannu · maun · mmanu · mnau
  • voices ← ovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manu" for "voices" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manu" is an unknown and "voices" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "manu" or "voices" show up more?
"manu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,350 in our German list, against #37,294 for "voices". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "manu" and "voices".

  • Full dictionary entry for "manu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #854,806 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manu" and "voices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs voices". 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 #854,806 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