manifiestavsmanifiesteTell them apart

Quick tell: manifiesta is a adjective, manifieste is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“manifiesta” is an adjective and “manifieste” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,430
“manifiesta” frequency rank
#33,219
“manifieste” frequency rank
39649
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manifiesta manifieste
Definition Forma del femenino de manifiesto. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de manifestar o de manifestarse.

Where the eye mixes manifiesta and manifieste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. manifiesta and manifieste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
manifiesta
10 ch
manifieste

Visual trap between manifiesta and manifieste

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manifiesta is [maniˈfjest̪a] while manifieste is [maniˈfjest̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “manifiesta” becomes e in “manifieste”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manifiesta is recorded at frequency rank #6,430, classified as anadj, pronounced [maniˈfjest̪a]. manifieste is at rank #33,219, tagged as averb, pronounced [maniˈfjest̪e].

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 39649, this pair ranks #163,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manifiesta vs manifieste

Shared letters: aefimnst. Private to "manifiesta": -. Private to "manifieste": -.

"manifiesta" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV  ·  "manifieste" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manifiestaamnifiesta · mainfiesta · manfiiesta · manifeista · maniffiesta · manifiesat · manifiessta · manifiestta
  • manifiesteamnifieste · mainfieste · manfiieste · manifeiste · maniffieste · manifieset · manifiesste · manifiestte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manifiesta" and "manifieste" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manifiesta" is an adjective and "manifieste" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "manifiesta" vs "manifieste" - which ranks higher?
"manifiesta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,430 in our Spanish list, against #33,219 for "manifieste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "manifiesta" and "manifieste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manifiesta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manifieste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manifiesta" and "manifieste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manifieste vs manifiesten". 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 #163,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list