Which to use
“maïs” and “manies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,849
- “maïs” frequency rank
- #46,880
- “manies” frequency rank
- 53729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maïs | manies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom vernaculaire de Zea mays subsp. mays, — et de ses cultivars —, plante herbacée de la famille des Poaceae (ou Poacées ou Graminées), originaire du Mexique et du Guatemala, à tige droite et aux feuilles lancéolées, et que l’on cultive comme plante fourragère ou pour ses graines. | Pluriel de manie. |
Where the eye mixes maïs and manies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. maïs (\ma.is\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maïs is recorded at frequency rank #6,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.is\. 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 53729, this pair ranks #138,770 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maïs vs manies
Shared letters: ams. Private to "maïs": ï. Private to "manies": ein.
"maïs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "manies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manies ← amnies · maines · maneis · maniess · manise · mannies · mmanies · mnaies