manuvswatersTell them apart

Which to use

“manu” and “waters” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,350
“manu” frequency rank
#36,115
“waters” frequency rank
57465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manu waters
Definition Akkusativ Singular des Pronomens mans „mein“ Plural des Substantives water

Letter map: manu vs waters

Shared letters muted; letters that set manu and waters apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. manu runs 4 letters (CVCV) against waters's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
manu
6 ch
waters

Pair insight - manu / waters

manu and waters are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manu is recorded at frequency rank #21,350, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. waters is at rank #36,115, tagged as anunknown, 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 57465, this pair ranks #900,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manu vs waters

Shared letters: a. Private to "manu": mnu. Private to "waters": erstw.

"manu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "waters" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manu ← amnu · mannu · maun · mmanu · mnau
  • waters ← awters · waetrs · waterrs · waterss · watesr · watres · watters · wtaers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manu" and "waters" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "manu" vs "waters" - which ranks higher?
"manu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,350 in our German list, against #36,115 for "waters". 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 "waters".

  • Full dictionary entry for "manu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "waters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #900,299 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manu" and "waters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs waters". 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 #900,299 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