Which to use
“manually” and “mutually” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,247
- “manually” frequency rank
- #11,570
- “mutually” frequency rank
- 22817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manually | mutually |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | By hand. | In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally. |
Letter map: manually vs mutually
Shared letters muted; letters that set manually and mutually apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - manually / mutually
manually and mutually are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manually is recorded at frequency rank #11,247, classified as anadv. mutually is at rank #11,570, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈmjut͡ʃuəli/.
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 22817, this pair ranks #413,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manually vs mutually
Shared letters: almuy. Private to "manually": n. Private to "mutually": t.
"manually" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "mutually" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "manually" vs "mutually" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "manually" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutually" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,799 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manually" and "mutually" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manually vs McNally". 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 #413,799 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.