# Marder vs marten

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Marder
*noun · IPA [ˈmaʁdɐ] · frequency rank #38,273*
eine Familie (Mustelidae) hundeartiger Raubtiere

### marten
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,341*
der Marder

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/marder-vs-marten