makevsMärkteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: make is a verb, Märkte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“make” is a verb and “Märkte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,200
“make” frequency rank
#6,567
“Märkte” frequency rank
11767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature make Märkte
Definition machen, herstellen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Markt

Where the eye mixes make and Märkte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
make
6 ch
Märkte

Look-alike desk: make vs Märkte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: make is [meɪk] while Märkte is [ˈmɛʁktə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

make is recorded at frequency rank #5,200, classified as averb, pronounced [meɪk]. Märkte is at rank #6,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛʁktə].

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 11767, this pair ranks #1,968,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of make vs Märkte

Shared letters: ekm. Private to "make": a. Private to "Märkte": rtä.

"make" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Märkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • makeamke · maek · makke · mkae · mmake

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "make" and "Märkte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "make" is a verb and "Märkte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "make" or "Märkte"?
"make" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,200 in our German list, against #6,567 for "Märkte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "make" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Märkte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,968,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "make" and "Märkte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "make vs Matze". 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 #1,968,015 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list