Männern
[ˈmɛnɐn]
The verdict
“Männern” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,896
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mann
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 | Männern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Männern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Männern (IPA [ˈmɛnɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,896 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Männern, with forms such as "mmännern", "mnänern", and "mänenrn". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Mannes", "mauern", "Masern", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Männern, spelled M-Ä-N-N-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mann
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmännern
- mnänern
- mänenrn
- mänern
- männenr
- männernn
- männerrn
- männren
- ämnnern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Männern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Männern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-Ä-N-N-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɛnɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mannes” - see the side-by-side comparison. Männern vs Mannes
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same 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.