MarekvspicturesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#23,227
“Marek” frequency rank
#24,070
“pictures” frequency rank
47297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek pictures
Definition Familienname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs picture

Letter map: Marek vs pictures

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and pictures apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Marek runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against pictures's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Marek
8 ch
pictures

Grammar separator: Marek vs pictures

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and picturesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #23,227, classified as aname, pronounced […]. pictures is at rank #24,070, 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 47297, this pair ranks #1,289,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs pictures

Shared letters: er. Private to "Marek": akm. Private to "pictures": cipstu.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "pictures" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • picturesipctures · pcitures · picctures · pictrues · picttures · pictuers · picturess · picturres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "pictures" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "pictures" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Marek" vs "pictures" - which ranks higher?
"Marek" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,227 in our German list, against #24,070 for "pictures". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Marek" and "pictures". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pictures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,289,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "pictures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pictures 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 #1,289,310 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