# mann vs manus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mann
*noun · frequency rank #10,725*
A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece.

### manus
*noun · IPA /ˈmeɪnəs/ · frequency rank #33,726*
A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mann-vs-manus