Deutsch homophones
Marcus/Markus
"Markus" (#3,055 written frequency) beats "Marcus" (#5,103) in this 2-word /ˈmaʁkʊs/ cluster. Size rank #38 of 483 German groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈmaʁkʊs/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "Markus" leads at #3,055, with "Marcus" trailing at #5,103.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mar" then splits - "Marcus" (6 letters) vs "Markus" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Marcus, Markus: amrsu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Marcus
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory acmrsu · private c
Markus
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory akmrsu · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Marcus" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
- Write "Markus" when you mean: männlicher Vorname
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.