MarkervsmurderWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Marker” and “murder” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,236
“Marker” frequency rank
#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
76096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marker murder
Definition durchsichtig breit schreibender farbiger Stift, mit dem man Text hervorhebt Mord, Ermordung

Letter map: Marker vs murder

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marker and murder apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Marker and murder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Marker
6 ch
murder

Pair insight - Marker / murder

Marker and murder are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marker is recorded at frequency rank #29,236, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaʁkɐ]. murder is at rank #46,860, 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 76096, this pair ranks #291,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Marker vs murder

Shared letters: emr. Private to "Marker": ak. Private to "murder": du.

"Marker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marker ← amrker · makrer · marekr · markerr · markker · markre · marrker · mmarker
  • murder ← mmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Marker" and "murder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Marker" or "murder"?
"Marker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,236 in our German list, against #46,860 for "murder". 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 "Marker" and "murder".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,887 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marker" and "murder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "murder 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 #291,887 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