MannsvsmarksWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#25,656
“Manns” frequency rank
#25,230
“marks” frequency rank
50886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Manns marks
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mann 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark

Letter map: Manns vs marks

Shared letters muted; letters that set Manns and marks apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Manns
5 ch
marks

Part-of-speech tell for Manns / marks

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Manns is anoun and marksaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Manns is recorded at frequency rank #25,656, classified as anoun, pronounced [mans]. marks is at rank #25,230, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 50886, this pair ranks #1,156,574 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Manns vs marks

Shared letters: ams. Private to "Manns": n. Private to "marks": kr.

"Manns" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mannsamnns · mannss · mansn · mmanns · mnans
  • marksamrks · makrs · markks · markss · marrks · marsk · mmarks · mraks

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Manns" and "marks" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Manns" is a noun and "marks" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Manns" vs "marks" - which ranks higher?
"marks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,230 in our German list, against #25,656 for "Manns". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Manns" and "marks".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Manns" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,156,574 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Manns" and "marks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marks vs puzzles". 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 #1,156,574 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