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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Marek" and "Marke" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Marek" vs "Marke" - which ranks higher?
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.