Mann
[man]
The verdict
“Mann” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #173) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #173
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - erwachsener, männlicher Mensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-mann · Mann · German
Mann · rank #173 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #173
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH s
Nearest frequency peer: s (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mann”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ihnen
ihnen
99,831 corpus weight
- ihren
ihren
99,830 corpus weight
- s
s
99,829 corpus weight
- Mann
Mann
99,828 corpus weight
- Wohl
Wohl
99,827 corpus weight
- drei
drei
99,826 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mann” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mann |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [man] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mann” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Mann is neighbouring look-alikes ("min", "may", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [man]. Frequency #173 among 3,571 “M” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mann, with forms such as "amnn", "mmann", and "mnan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "min", "may", "men", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mann, spelled M-A-N-N.
Definition
- 1erwachsener, männlicher Mensch
- 2verheiratete, männliche Person in Beziehung zu der anderen Ehepartei
- 3allgemeiner Zahlklassifikator für Personen
- 4Ausruf des Erstaunens oder der Verärgerung
- 5Mitglied einer Anhängerschaft, Gefolgschaft von jemandem
- 6einzelne Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mann appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist ein kluger Mann.
„Ich stand da im Laden und blickte auf die frischen Morgenzeitungen, auf die die meisten Männer so verrückt sind.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amnn
- mmann
- mnan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mann - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mann", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.