marketsvsMärkteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#26,516
“markets” frequency rank
#6,567
“Märkte” frequency rank
33083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature markets Märkte
Definition Plural des Substantivs market Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Markt

Letter map: markets vs Märkte

Shared letters muted; letters that set markets and Märkte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
markets
6 ch
Märkte

Corpus notes: markets and Märkte

markets and Märkte 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

markets is recorded at frequency rank #26,516, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Märkte is at rank #6,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛʁktə].

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 33083, this pair ranks #1,693,636 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of markets vs Märkte

Shared letters: ekmrt. Private to "markets": as. Private to "Märkte": ä.

"markets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Märkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marketsamrkets · makrets · marekts · markest · marketss · marketts · markkets · marrkets

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "markets" for "Märkte" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "markets" vs "Märkte" - which ranks higher?
"Märkte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,567 in our German list, against #26,516 for "markets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "markets" and "Märkte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "markets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Märkte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,693,636 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "markets" and "Märkte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "markets 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 #1,693,636 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