Which to use
“mafias” and “manies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,876
- “mafias” frequency rank
- #46,880
- “manies” frequency rank
- 93756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mafias | manies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mafia. | Pluriel de manie. |
Where the eye mixes mafias and manies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mafias and manies follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mafias with manies
A purely visual mix-up. mafias (\ma.fja\) and manies (\ma.ni\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mafias is recorded at frequency rank #46,876, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.fja\. manies is at rank #46,880, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni\.
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 93756, this pair ranks #2,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mafias vs manies
Shared letters: aims. Private to "mafias": f. Private to "manies": en.
"mafias" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "manies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mafias" for "manies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mafias" vs "manies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mafias" and "manies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mafias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,070 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mafias" and "manies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mane vs manies". 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 #2,070 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.