Which to use
“marko” is a noun and “marks” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,995
- “marko” frequency rank
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- 45225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marko | marks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vokativ Singular des Substantivs marka | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark |
Letter map: marko vs marks
Shared letters muted; letters that set marko and marks apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for marko / marks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marko is anoun and marksaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - o in “marko” becomes s in “marks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marko is recorded at frequency rank #19,995, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmarkɔ]. marks is at rank #25,230, 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 45225, this pair ranks #1,360,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marko vs marks
Shared letters: akmr. Private to "marko": o. Private to "marks": s.
"marko" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marko" and "marks" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "marko" or "marks"?
After this comparison
You've compared "marko" and "marks". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "marko" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,360,303 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marko" and "marks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marks 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 #1,360,303 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.