MarekvsoffsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,227
“Marek” frequency rank
#24,856
“offs” frequency rank
48083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek offs
Definition Familienname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs off

Letter map: Marek vs offs

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and offs apart highlighted. No shared letter run. Marek runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against offs's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Marek
4 ch
offs

Role in the sentence - Marek and offs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and offsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #23,227, classified as aname, pronounced […]. offs is at rank #24,856, tagged as averb, 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 48083, this pair ranks #1,261,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs offs

Shared letters: none. Private to "Marek": aekmr. Private to "offs": fos.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "offs" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • offsfofs · offss · ofs · ofsf

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "offs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "offs" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Marek" vs "offs" - which ranks higher?
"Marek" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,227 in our German list, against #24,856 for "offs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Marek" and "offs".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "offs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,261,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "offs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offs 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 #1,261,404 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