# manna vs mano

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### manna
*noun · IPA /ˈmænə/ · frequency rank #37,082*
Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

### mano
*noun · IPA /ˈmɑːnəʊ/ · frequency rank #32,070*
A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate.

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