marvsmartiTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,521
“mar” frequency rank
#45,446
“marti” frequency rank
55967
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mar marti
Definition etwas stören, beeinträchtigen, beschädigen, verderben, verunstalten Ehefrau des Sohnes; Schwiegertochter

Letter map: mar vs marti

Shared letters muted; letters that set mar and marti apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
mar
5 ch
marti

Grammar separator: mar vs marti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mar is averb and martianoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mar” sits inside “marti”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mar is recorded at frequency rank #10,521, classified as averb, pronounced [mɑːʳ]. marti is at rank #45,446, tagged as anoun, 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 55967, this pair ranks #958,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mar vs marti

Shared letters: amr. Private to "mar": -. Private to "marti": it.

"mar" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "marti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • martiamrti · marit · marrti · martti · matri · mmarti · mrati

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mar" and "marti" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mar" is a verb and "marti" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mar" vs "marti" - which ranks higher?
"mar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,521 in our German list, against #45,446 for "marti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mar" and "marti". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #958,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mar" and "marti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marti 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 #958,750 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