manifiestanvsmanifiestenWhat's the difference?

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“manifiestan” and “manifiesten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,446
“manifiestan” frequency rank
#43,697
“manifiesten” frequency rank
55143
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manifiestan manifiesten
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de manifestar o de manifestarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de manifestar o de manifestarse.

Where the eye mixes manifiestan and manifiesten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. manifiestan and manifiesten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
manifiestan
11 ch
manifiesten

Look-alike desk: manifiestan vs manifiesten

A purely visual mix-up. manifiestan ([maniˈfjest̪ãn]) and manifiesten ([maniˈfjest̪ẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “manifiestan” becomes e in “manifiesten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manifiestan is recorded at frequency rank #11,446, classified as averb, pronounced [maniˈfjest̪ãn]. manifiesten is at rank #43,697, tagged as averb, pronounced [maniˈfjest̪ẽn].

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 55143, this pair ranks #80,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manifiestan vs manifiesten

Shared letters: aefimnst. Private to "manifiestan": -. Private to "manifiesten": -.

"manifiestan" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC  ·  "manifiesten" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manifiestan ← amnifiestan · mainfiestan · manfiiestan · manifeistan · maniffiestan · manifiesatn · manifiesstan · manifiestann
  • manifiesten ← amnifiesten · mainfiesten · manfiiesten · manifeisten · maniffiesten · manifiesetn · manifiessten · manifiestenn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manifiestan" for "manifiesten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([maniˈfjest̪ãn] versus [maniˈfjest̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manifiestan" or "manifiesten" show up more?
"manifiestan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,446 in our Spanish list, against #43,697 for "manifiesten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "manifiestan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manifiesten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manifiestan" and "manifiesten" 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 #80,216 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