MarekvsvillageConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,227
“Marek” frequency rank
#18,427
“village” frequency rank
41654
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek village
Definition Familienname Dorf

Letter map: Marek vs village

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and village apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Marek runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against village's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Marek
7 ch
village

Part-of-speech tell for Marek / village

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and villageanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #23,227, classified as aname, pronounced […]. village is at rank #18,427, tagged as anoun, 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 41654, this pair ranks #1,473,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs village

Shared letters: ae. Private to "Marek": kmr. Private to "village": gilv.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "village" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • villageivllage · vilage · vilalge · villaeg · villagge · villgae · vlilage · vvillage

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "village" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "village" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Marek" or "village" show up more?
"village" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,427 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "village" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,473,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "village" 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 #1,473,001 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