# manually vs mutually

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### manually
*adverb · frequency rank #11,247*
By hand.

### mutually
*adverb · IPA /ˈmjut͡ʃuəli/ · frequency rank #11,570*
In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally.

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