MarekvsMarkeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#23,227
“Marek” frequency rank
#2,508
“Marke” frequency rank
25735
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek Marke
Definition Familienname eine dauerhafte Kennzeichnung oder Markierung

Letter map: Marek vs Marke

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and Marke apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Marek
5 ch
Marke

Role in the sentence - Marek and Marke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and Markeanoun. On the page they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ek ↔ ke) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #23,227, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Marke is at rank #2,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaʁkə].

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 25735, this pair ranks #1,828,765 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs Marke

Shared letters: aekmr. Private to "Marek": -. Private to "Marke": -.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Marke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • Markeamrke · makre · markke · marrke · mmarke · mrake

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Marek" and "Marke" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "Marke" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Marek" vs "Marke" - which ranks higher?
"Marke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,508 in our German list, against #23,227 for "Marek". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Marek" vs "Marke" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Marke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,828,765 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "Marke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marek 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 #1,828,765 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