marksvsMärkteConfusable pair

Quick tell: marks is a verb, Märkte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marks” is a verb and “Märkte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,230
“marks” frequency rank
#6,567
“Märkte” frequency rank
31797
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marks Märkte
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Markt

Letter map: marks vs Märkte

Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Märkte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
marks
6 ch
Märkte

Grammar separator: marks vs Märkte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Märkteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31797, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, 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 31797, this pair ranks #1,720,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of marks vs Märkte

Shared letters: kmr. Private to "marks": as. Private to "Märkte": etä.

"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Märkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marksamrks · makrs · markks · markss · marrks · marsk · mmarks · mraks

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marks" and "Märkte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marks" is a verb and "Märkte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "marks" or "Märkte" show up more?
"Märkte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,567 in our German list, against #25,230 for "marks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "marks" vs "Märkte" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marks" 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 #1,720,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marks" and "Märkte" 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 #1,720,829 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