marevsMarekTell them apart

Quick tell: mare is a noun, Marek is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mare” is a noun and “Marek” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,825
“mare” frequency rank
#23,227
“Marek” frequency rank
48052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mare Marek
Definition Stute Familienname

Letter map: mare vs Marek

Shared letters muted; letters that set mare and Marek apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Marek's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mare
5 ch
Marek

Role in the sentence - mare and Marek

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mare is anoun and Marekaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mare” sits inside “Marek”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mare is recorded at frequency rank #24,825, classified as anoun, pronounced [mɛə]. Marek is at rank #23,227, tagged as aname, 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 48052, this pair ranks #1,262,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mare vs Marek

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "mare": -. Private to "Marek": k.

"mare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maremaer · marre · mmare · mrae
  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marrek · mmarek · mraek

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mare" for "Marek" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mare" is a noun and "Marek" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mare" vs "Marek" - which ranks higher?
"Marek" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,227 in our German list, against #24,825 for "mare". 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 "mare" and "Marek".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,262,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mare" and "Marek" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mare vs mora". 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 #1,262,555 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